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A Room of One's Own FINISHING Thoughts/discussion questions
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Feb 02, 2020 07:25AM
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What can I say? Definitely a must-read for everyone interested in literature or/and women's rights.
Quite the feminist treatise. Woolf took her assigned topic, "Women and Fiction" and ran with it. This was so very interesting and engaging! She was quite the intellectural. I particularly appreciated how she included androgyny, especially when discussing how both sides of the brain should be used when writing, no matter the author's sex ("womanly-man"/"manly-woman." This made me think of the gender fluidity of which we are becoming more aware in our culture/society now. I loved her depiction of the older male authors' writing and subject matter. I do believe that without female authors, reading wouldn't be nearly as interesting to me as it is. However, there are now some more 'adrogynous' male writers whose books I find to be very satisfying reads as well. Of course, IMO, it is the advent of female writers which has probably encouraged these males to be more androgynous in their own writing. They have seen what can be accomplished and it serves as a model for their own development.
She also emphasized that although birthing and raising children was no small task, and necessary to society, women should (1) be recognized for the complexities and challenges of this lifestyle and (2) should be allowed to have fewer children and thereby more financial resources as well as time to write. (Birth control/abortion resources.)
I will definitely read more of Virginia Woolf's writing!
Lynn wrote: "Quite the feminist treatise. Woolf took her assigned topic, "Women and Fiction" and ran with it. This was so very interesting and engaging! She was quite the intellectural. I particularly appreciat..." Hi Lynn, happy you enjoyed this one. I hope to get to it soon.
