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What are some of the most innovative literary techniques, which Virginia Woolf employ in her novel "To the Lighthouse"?

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Question added by Dina Khatib , Brand and Communications Manager , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2016/01/21
Pradeep Sharma
by Pradeep Sharma , English Language Training Instructor , King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah (KSA)

I agree with Denis Popov, Virginia Woolf was an experimenter and she experimented with her narrative technique, and since she was influenced by James Joyce, she used "stream of consciousness technique" of narration. So, there she uses the innovative technique in the depiction of sequence of events, words, and in the general flow of ideas in "To the Lighthouse".        

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by Deleted user

James Joyce and Woolfe both used Stream Of Consciousness method in their books - very unusual for their times 

Ahmad Saleh
by Ahmad Saleh , Part-time English Teacher , ITA

Among the many ground-breaking techniques in the novel is the free-flowing narrative style which enables Woolf to move in and out the brains of her characters, thus divorcing herself from the traditional plot-driven work. The novel itself defies many concepts by "calm subjectivity",which makes it a true transition from Victorianism to Modernism.

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