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This is a 5 page paper discussing the modernist literature process used by Virginia Woolf in her writings. Examples of her works used are “The Voyage Out” and “To the Lighthouse” which incorporate the themes of sexual abuse, incest and bereavement all aspects found within the life of Woolf and are presented in a modernist approach using scattered images, non-traditional procedures and thoughts, and irrational format in plot development and behaviour of the characters.
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realist in her day when many novelists did not use this style and the inner monologues found in her characters showed a heightened level of sensitivity to real issues which
were going within the world and Woolf herself. While realism is considered the predecessor of modernism, real issues were used in the writings of Woolf but were presented in the
irrational and untraditional formats as found in modernist literature as a way to relaying more of what Woolf herself experienced during times of stress such as sexual abuse, incest and
bereavement. While it can be said that realism led the way to modernist and postmodernist work, realism is also a factor in modernist writing (Richardson, 1997). What can be seen
as the dominant factor in modernist literature is the narrative features which arise from a distinct origin which accumulate in causally connected events with a culmination to present events. There
is usually an unspoken figure of male dominance within the modernist novels and a sense of closure for the central figures. In most cases, there is usually an implied moral
to the story as well in modernist works (Richardson, 1997). While modernist literature is often found to be stark it also adds elements of humanism, formalism and poststructuralism throughout its
narrative practice. Woolfs essay "Modern Fiction" remains one of the main stays when describing writing using the modernist approach. John Hawkes concurs with Woolfs statements that when writing modernist literature,
the true enemies of the novel were "plot, setting, character and theme, and the totality of vision or structure was really all that remained" (Richardson, 1997). What is left after
the focus is taken away from some of these fundamental elements is the sense of instability which more realistically portrays the feelings of the characters. Virginia Woolfs writings are said
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