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'''Jacob's Room''' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1922. | '''Jacob's Room''' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1922. | ||
The novel does not feature a normal plot with one thing happening after another, but it is rather a big collage consisting of different situations and thoughts involving the protagonist, Jacob Flanders. Jacob's life and character is presented in this collage: There is not only internal monologue of Jacob himself, but also observations of him as a person, made by people who know him. | The novel does not feature a normal plot with one thing happening after another, but it is rather a big collage consisting of different situations and thoughts involving the protagonist, Jacob Flanders. Jacob's life and character is presented in this collage: There is not only internal monologue of Jacob himself, but also observations of him as a person, made by people who know him. | ||
In '''Jacob's Room''' Woolf does not use a classical narration structure, but breaks with literary traditions and finds an alternative of telling a story. She makes a puzzle of images that eventually form a whole, which is Jacob's personality and his experiences in life. | |||
In '''Jacob's Room''' Woolf does not use a classical narration structure, but breaks with literary traditions and finds an alternative of telling a story. She makes a puzzle of images that eventually form a whole, which is Jacob's personality and his experiences in life. Just as James Joyce's Ullysses, '''Jacobs Room''' presents a new way of narrative structure. | |||
What the reader learns about Jacob's life is that he grew up in Cornwall, studied in Cambridge but does not earn a degree, travels to Greece and Italy and likes to lock himself in his room in order to read classical Greek and Roman authors. Then World War One breaks out, and eventually Jacob leaves his room forever. | |||
Revision as of 21:31, 5 December 2011
Jacob's Room is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1922.
The novel does not feature a normal plot with one thing happening after another, but it is rather a big collage consisting of different situations and thoughts involving the protagonist, Jacob Flanders. Jacob's life and character is presented in this collage: There is not only internal monologue of Jacob himself, but also observations of him as a person, made by people who know him.
In Jacob's Room Woolf does not use a classical narration structure, but breaks with literary traditions and finds an alternative of telling a story. She makes a puzzle of images that eventually form a whole, which is Jacob's personality and his experiences in life. Just as James Joyce's Ullysses, Jacobs Room presents a new way of narrative structure.
What the reader learns about Jacob's life is that he grew up in Cornwall, studied in Cambridge but does not earn a degree, travels to Greece and Italy and likes to lock himself in his room in order to read classical Greek and Roman authors. Then World War One breaks out, and eventually Jacob leaves his room forever.