[Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

[Ella Ophir]

Certainly the nature of the "self," its fluidity, instability, permeability
(*Mrs. Dalloway: *". . . she would not say of Peter, she would not say of
herself, I am this, I am that.") All her writing on biography and
autobiography, what it is to "know" oneself or another.


On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Ilana Simons <ilana.simons at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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Ella Ophir
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University of Saskatchewan
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