As tensões temporais em Mrs Dalloway
As tensões temporais em Mrs Dalloway
As tensões temporais em Mrs Dalloway
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ABSTRACT<br />
This dissertation deals with the analysis of the t<strong>em</strong>poral tensions lived by two<br />
characters of Virginia Woolf’s novel, <strong>Mrs</strong> <strong>Dalloway</strong>. In this narrative, Septimus Warren<br />
Smith and Clarissa <strong>Dalloway</strong> suffer the effects of three different t<strong>em</strong>poralities – historical,<br />
chronological and affective. The historical t<strong>em</strong>porality is particularly referred to the First<br />
World War and its consequences, the chronological one refers to the sound of the Big Ben as<br />
a form of power that produces the pattern of habit and the affective t<strong>em</strong>porality refers to the<br />
functioning of m<strong>em</strong>ory, which gives an access to the quality time of the durée. Since the<br />
tensions lived by both characters come from their particular experiences, they relate to the<br />
t<strong>em</strong>porality of the affect. Septimus’ trajectory is the result of a tension with the historical<br />
t<strong>em</strong>porality and Clarissa’s trajectory results from her tension with the chronological<br />
t<strong>em</strong>porality. The main theoretical authors used to conceive the notions of time, whom make<br />
possible the construction of the analysis related to the paths of each character, are André<br />
Comte-Sponville, Walter Benjamin, Georg Simmel and Henri Bergson.<br />
Key-words:<br />
Literature - Virginia Woolf - <strong>Mrs</strong> <strong>Dalloway</strong> - T<strong>em</strong>porality<br />
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