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The Influence Of Woolf's Manic-depressive Illness On Her Literary Creation

Posted on:2020-03-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z M SuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330599961126Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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As a representative writer of the stream of consciousness,Virginia Woolf suffers from bipolar disorder throughout his life.This article will use the text reading method and analytical induction method to combine the formation causes and manifestations of bipolar disorder to explore the influence of Woolf's literary creation.As a mentally ill person suffering from bipolar disorder for a lifetime,Woolf has repeatedly shown a tendency to commit suicide.Her bipolar disorder is mainly caused by many factors: the inheritance of family inheritance,the death of her loved ones,and the sexual assault of her half-brothers,which caused Woolf to fall into many collapses in his childhood.Headaches,insomnia and other symptoms accompanied by Woolf's life,she often emotionally excited,talking,clear thinking,quick thinking,inspiration,sometimes closed self,anorexia,insomnia,despair and suicidal tendencies.Woolf's manic depression is often in sync with her literary creations: marriage anxiety,the anxiety of the death of a loved one,and the writing threats that Woolf caused by war are expressed in the text from a unique literary perspective during her illness..Woolf and her husband,Leonard,recorded the mood swings during her illness and provided services for her creation to maximize her content creation.On the one hand,Woolf has shaped the image of many relatives according to his own memory and conveyed his feelings of love to them.On the other hand,Woolf used the extreme emotional experience of manic depression as a reference to form a self-styled “existence moment” and a gloomy atmosphere,and at the same time explored a harmonious mixed state between subjective and objective.The perfect combination of mental illness and artistic creation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Virginia Woolf, Manic-depression, Creative writing, Influences
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