a-room-of-onex27s-own-读书笔记

1、_What makes a good female writer?-A look into Woolf s feminism attitudeAs a so-called pioneer feminist and a real enthusiast for female writers,Virginia Woolf has always been deeply concerned with the fate of women andtheir emancipation. In the bookA Room of Ones Own , she clearly presentsthe arduou

2、s battle towards womens emancipation, the utmost state of whichistobea femalewriterinWoolf s mind.Sowhatexactlyarethoseimpediments that prevent women to be good writers?The first thing Woolf mentions is the restrictions in the society, particularlythose related to education. How disappointed and res

3、entful she must be to bechased away from the lawn by a beadle and refused entry to the library unlessaccompanied by a fellow. But such social restrictions are just representationsto some deep-buried reasons, concerning the poor image of women. Why arewomen poor? Woolf shouts out angrily. She becomes

4、even more furious tofind that “we burst out in scorn at the reprehensible poverty of our sex”.Shegoes on to seek for an answer and later we see her scolding our mothers fornot leaving us a penny. What a good satire Woolf is making here! For the veryreason why women are poor is that, instead of makin

5、g money, they have hadchildren.The long-standstereotypefrom our societyfor womenhas tiedwomen tightly that prohibits them to do anything other than bear and raisechildren.精品资料_All the practical elements in society for the last several centuries, marriage,family, economy, education, law and alike hav

6、e been acting adversely towardswomen. Under such patriarchal control, it is almost impossible for women tosettle down and write fiction. Although few succeeded in doing this, like JaneAustinand others,they were undoubtedlyaffectedin their work as fail toexpress their genius“whole and entire”.Woolf s

7、 answer to all these externalobstacles is: go and have money. Whether it is inherited or winned by chance,a woman must have money to free herself from being inferior to man.Money is sure very important, yet women still found themselves unable towrite because they had no tradition to follow. It is us

8、eless for them to go to thegreat men writers for help because men and women think differently.Theymay learn a few tricks of them but the spirit of women fiction is nowhere to find.In the society where men are far superior over women, they must also come tomonopolizethe culture. Masculinehegemonyin c

9、ulture is the more eternalreason for this question. As only men have the right to create literature, theyactually decide what women are like. This also accounts for the reason whythe images of womenvary greatlyfrom evil to angel in literature.Woolf sadmonishmentare that: kill the self-constrainburie

10、d deep in women s heartand try to express out the true self. The most dreadful form of suppression isself-repressionand self-surrenderwhich may well happen in the masculinehegemony environment. And due to this, Woolf raised her second suggestion:find a room of one s own. This room refers to both practicaland symbolic精品资料_meanings. Find a room of ones own, shut down all the disturbances from theoutside world, form those arrogant men and let the womens heart fly and soar.Only by writing and writing can women elaborate their work and strive upwardto be a good writer. Just as Woolf herself s