Naming and Describing as a Textual-Conceptual Tool in Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
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https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1601.13Keywords:
naming and describing, trauma, ideology, critical stylistics, Mrs. DallowayAbstract
The matter of the writer’s choice between two or more ways of referring to the same thing or person in texts is closely linked with his/her ideological intention. The present paper detects the ideological interpretation of Naming and Describing as a textual-conceptual tool in Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway that tackles woman’s trauma after the First World War. It aims to show how Naming and Describing tool is employed by Woolf to reveal woman’s distress because of war. Additionally, it aims to indicate the ideology(ies) that lie behind the novelist’s choice of a specific noun and ignoring others. Based on Jeffries’ (2010) framework that presents three ways of naming, the extracts that expose woman’s trauma are examined. The researchers conclude that the novelist dedicates the three ways of naming which are entitled: choice of noun, modification and nominalization for representing woman’s trauma. Further, Naming and Describing tool assists in delivering negative ideologies such as hegemony, bullying, discrimination, and non-existence. This in turn indicates not only Woolf’s denial to war which is the source of women’s pain but also her plea to British women to constantly fight in order to gain their peace and delight.
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