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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