Fire and the Self
Fire and the Self
Author(s): Cristina NicolaeSubject(s): Theory of Literature, British Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: selfhood; fire; physicality; seduction; audience; shared language;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper continues our analysis of the self as built in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, an analysis rooted in the relation between the four temperaments and the four primal elements (Fand, 1999). The ‘facet’ of the diamondlike self we concentrate on is Jinny – the element of fire, a carpe diem character who defines herself by means of a language of seduction, of the impact of a displayed eroticism on the audience of men fueling her passion for life.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 111-115
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English