The Hours - San Jose State University
[Pages:13]The Hours
Marica Morikot
Keywords
z Stream of consciousness z Point of view z Postmodern z Internal conflict z Mortality z Mental Illness z Domesticity
Michael Cunningham
z Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1952 z Education: read Mrs. Dalloway at age 15 z Graduated: Stanford University 1975
z B.A. In English Lit.
z University of Iowa ? Writer's Workshop 1980
z M.F.A.
z Debut novel: Golden State 1984
The Hours
z Publication 1998 z Awards
z Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulker 1999
z Structure
z Retrospective narrative
- Point of view
z Stream of Consciousness
z Themes
z Mortality z Mental illness z Switched domestic roles
Inspiration
z Mrs. Dalloway
z Read it at age 15
z Virginia Woolf
z QUOTE FROM INTERVIEW
Main Characters
z Virginia Woolf
z 1923 z Sussex, England
z Laura Brown
z 1949 z Los Angeles
z Clarissa Vaughn
z Late twentieth century z New York City
Virginia Woolf
z Commits suicide in the Prologue z English novelist z Wife of publisher, Leonard Woolf z Struggles with headaches and voices in her
head z Switched domestic roles z Begins writing Mrs. Dalloway
Laura Brown
z Housewife and young mother in 1949, L.A. z Married to war veteran, Dan Brown z Suffers from depression z Guilty and resentful of her domestic life z Reads the novel Mrs. Dalloway
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