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Critical analysis: Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own.'
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Emma Alaball-03069044. EL1S04-Reading/Writing women. Diana Wallace. 17/11/03 Critical analysis: Virginia Woolf, 'A Room of One's Own.' Emma Alaball-03069044. EL1S04-Reading/Writing women. Diana Wallace. 17/11/03 Virginia Woolf is one of the most highly acclaimed female authors and feminists of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Her essay and lecture, 'A room of one's Own,' clearly demonstrates her attitude and opinions towards a patriarchal society during her lifetime. Woolf portrays her judgments through the use of language, style, narrative, and outspoken viewpoints about men, male-dominance, and female subservience. The end of chapter six is a clarification and summary of Woolf's beliefs, which are expressed throughout the essay. This essay will provide a critical analysis of this part. Woolf's use of style, language, and narrative is evident throughout the extract. She particularly uses irony and sarcasm combined with humour in order to contradict the general opinions of men, as well as to emphasise and clarify her argument. "Like most uneducated women...I like reading books in...
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