A Study Of Identity In Virginia Woolf’s Novels

Based on the growth of the protagonist,Virginia Woolf captures the subject consciousness of individuals in different identity dimensions in her novels,reveals the causes of identity crisis,and realizes the reconstruction of identity while showing identity confusion.This paper analyzes Virginia Woolf’s novels from the perspective of identity,and reveals the complexity and fluidity of identity through the interpretation of personal identity,social identity and imperial identity in Virginia Woolf’s novels.Virginia Woolf was clearly aware of the existence plight of modern people and explored the gender identity through the seemingly absurd gender transformation.Virginia Woolf’s novels not only show the personal identity crisis caused by the inconsistency between physical sex and psychological sex,but also emphasize the gender confusion and identity ambiguity caused by the theory of gender binary opposition,which reflects her distinct androgyny concept and philosophical concern.How to reconstruct social identity under the background of war and the shadow of death is an unavoidable theme in Virginia Woolf’s works.In her novels,Virginia Woolf explores the difficulties encountered by the protagonists in seeking social identity under the background of war through the construction of space,showing the confusion and bewilderment of modern people.The combination of images in the novel presents a variety of characters.While Virginia Woolf describes the growth experience of male heroes through the voice of female narrators,she explores the social status and social identity crisis of women.Virginia Woolf’s novels merge colonial culture with imperial identity.In Virginia Woolf’s view,imperial identity was an important part of England’s national identity,but it was not all.In the long run,imperial identity needs further discussion and reconstruction.From the perspective of the nature of England,Virginia Woolf wrote the significance of the rural plot of England to the reconstruction of imperial identity.Her search for the causes,characteristics and solutions of the crisis of imperial identity made her novels the highland of English modernist fiction writing.The sense of identity in Virginia Woolf’s works expresses the thinking of human destiny and the crisis of modern people’s mind.It conveys a strong return,confidence in gender integration and the pursuit of ideal identity,revealing Virginia Woolf’s concern for the current situation of human existence,and showing that her literary creation is highly relevant to society and times.