[Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

[Eric Joyce]

Empathy!
The tragedy of Mrs. Dalloway is that so many characters are congruent.
Their thoughts overlap and parallel each other, yet they lack socially
acceptable expressions of empathy or are unaware of their
interconnections.  Woolf's free indirect discourse weaves them together,
sees a larger whole which the characters cannot, and is sensible to the
pathos of everyday isolation.

2014-10-26 12:51 GMT-04:00 Ilana Simons <ilana.simons at gmail.com>:

> Hi group,
> I'm seeking input--I'd love a group brainstorm leading to a video about V
> Woolf.
>
> My Project:
> I'm making a video about Woolf for The School of Life, a learning center
> partly founded by Alain de Botton, in which philosophy is made (more)
> accessible.  The center produces a video series about big thinkers.  See
> here for examples:
> https://www.youtube.com/theschooloflifetv
>
> Each video in the series tries to isolate 1-4 big ideas developed by
> thinkers.  you can check out the link above for how they do this.
>
> Our Challenge:
> If you had to name 1-4 aspects of life in which Woolf thought more deeply
> than others have, what would those topics be?
> And what are the ways in which she developed that aspect of life?
>
> Possible Examples:
>
> 1. Gender.
> Woolf looked at how the genders occupied their traditional gender roles,
> and how these roles served to create a sense of commitment, of community,
> but also served to distance the genders from each other....
>
> 2. Role of Silence in communication
> Woolf had a sense of what goes unspoken in any conversation, attuning us
> to how much of our communication is transmitted between the words we
> actually speak.
>
> 3. Time
> or Solitude
> or ...wanna throw an idea in the hat?  I'd appreciate your brainwork.
>
> Thanks
> Ilana
>
>
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