Transgressive Imagination of London: Literary Cartography in Mrs. Dalloway

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2024.05.016

Abstract

Abstract: Virginia Woolf's literary geography fixates on the integration of materials and spirits and the coupling of travels and maps， which befits her literary cartography. The literary cartography in Mrs. Dalloway can be crystallized into three cognitive schemas which contain dynamic emotional experiences and Woolf's imagination of London's “transgressivity”. In the image schema of “room-street”， females and males oscillate between the dual experiences of stability and mobility， actualizing the transgressivity of gender; in the route map of “Westminster-East End of London”， aristocratic classes and civilian classes roam back and forth in the bi-directions between the dual experiences of hostility and hospitality， showcasing the transgressivity of class; and in the survey mapping of “British empire-other nations”， Londoners and foreigners negotiate between the dual experiences of centralization and globalization， highlighting the transgressivity of nations. Via the liquidity， directionality， and globality of London map， Woolf fabricates a “transgressive state” in which different genders， classes， and nations coexist together， thus evincing her desire to alleviate the anxiety of gender， place， and empire， and emanating her critique of cultural essentialism as well as her recognition of multiculturalism.

Key words: Virginia Woolf; Mrs. Dalloway; literary cartography; transgressive imagination

CLC Number:

I106.4

ZHANG Pengfei. Transgressive Imagination of London: Literary Cartography in Mrs. Dalloway[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2024, 26(5): 141-150.

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