Abstract:

Virginia Woolf is one of the greatest British female writers in the twentieth century. She is not only the pioneer of stream-of-consciousness novel, but also a famous feminism literary critic. Her poetic stream-of-consciousness novel Mrs. Dalloway mainly talks about a single day’s life of a middle-class housewife before the party held at the her house in the evening. Through the interweaving of reality and memory, Clarissa, the heroine, experienced a spiritual journey in the process of self-discovery and gradual understanding of the essence of life. Divided into five parts, this paper intends to primarily discuss the awakening of Clarissa’s feminist consciousness. The first part introduces Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, feminism and this paper. The second part illustrates the development of the awakening of Clarissa’s feminist awareness. It has three steps----budding, oppression and awakening. The third part analyzes the factors contributing to Clarissa’s awakening. The fourth part is concerned with the enlightenment of feminism for modern people. The last part brings the paper to the conclusion that both the internal and external factors have contributed to the awakening of Clarissa’s feminist consciousness and that the readers can experience a journey of self-discovery, self-fulfillment and self-transcendence and get lots of inspirations from her awakening of feminist consciousness.

Keywords:  Virginia Woolf; Clarissa; Awakening; Feminist Consciousness; Internal Causes; External Causes

摘要:

弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫是英国20世纪最伟大的女作家之一。她不仅是意识流小说的创始者，同时也是著名的女性主义文学评论家。她的诗化意识流小说《达洛卫夫人》主要讲述了家庭主妇克拉丽莎•达洛卫在举办晚会前的一天生活，主人公通过现实与回忆的交织，探求自我及对生命本质的不断了解，最终完成了一次精神之旅。本论文共分五个部分。第一部分分别介绍伍尔夫，小说《达洛维夫人》,女性主义和论文的结构。第二部分重点探讨克拉丽莎女性意识觉醒的过程---孕育，压抑，觉醒。第三部分分析影响其觉醒的原因，第四部分简约表述小说中所表现的女性主义觉醒对现代女性的启发。最后基于以上分析得出结论：由于内因和外因的共同作用,克拉丽莎得到了重生；而读者也可以通过见证其女性意识的觉醒和重生,完成一次不断发现自我，实现自我和超越自我的精神之旅,并从中获得更多的鼓励与启发去实现自我价值。

关键词：弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫；克拉丽莎•达洛卫；觉醒；女性意识；内因；外因

1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Virginia Woolf  
 Brought up in an upper-middle-class family, Virginia Woolf was blessed with a famous father who was a professor and knew lots of scholars, so she could have more chances to touch and learn new knowledge. Nevertheless, to her pity and anger, she was only allowed to be educated at home while her brothers were sent to colleges, which generated her rebellion against paternity and unfairness. Besides these experiences in her own life, Woolf was also influenced by the feminist consciousness of that time in which various literary movements were prevailing. As a result, she formed her distinct feminism. She was not only concerned with females’ living conditions and status in man-dominated society, but also cared for women’s literary creation.