Faculty Mentor
Dr. Christina Valeo
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Department
English
Abstract
Fans of Virginia Woolf know that her literature, such as A Room of One’s Own and Mrs. Dalloway, cover feminist themes. In adaptations of Virginia Woolf’s work, the same feminist themes are present. For example, Michael Cunningham’s The Hours, based on three women whose lives are connected through Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, carries similar feminist themes. In the 2002 adaptation of The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry, the relationships between men and women in the film illustrate how the patriarchy operates socially.
To those who don’t know Virginia Woolf’s work well or are unaware of how Virginia’s feminist theories bleed into other work, I will examine how the feminist themes of Mrs. Dalloway influenced the feminist themes present in the film adaptation of The Hours (2002).
As I examine the feminist themes of both works, I will discuss how the setting, character, and other literary devices illustrate how the patriarchy operates socially.
My method to examine how the feminist themes of Mrs. Dalloway influence the feminist themes of the 2002 film adaptation of The Hours includes looking at texts through a close lens and researching what other scholars have found, all while looking through the lens of feminist theory.
Recommended Citation
Belton, Mary E., "Mrs. Dalloway (1925) vs. The Hours (2002): How does the patriarchy infringe on the autonomy of marginalized characters?" (2023). 2023 Symposium. 26.
https://dc.ewu.edu/srcw_2023/works_2023/works_2023/26
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Mrs. Dalloway (1925) vs. The Hours (2002): How does the patriarchy infringe on the autonomy of marginalized characters?
Fans of Virginia Woolf know that her literature, such as A Room of One’s Own and Mrs. Dalloway, cover feminist themes. In adaptations of Virginia Woolf’s work, the same feminist themes are present. For example, Michael Cunningham’s The Hours, based on three women whose lives are connected through Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, carries similar feminist themes. In the 2002 adaptation of The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry, the relationships between men and women in the film illustrate how the patriarchy operates socially.
To those who don’t know Virginia Woolf’s work well or are unaware of how Virginia’s feminist theories bleed into other work, I will examine how the feminist themes of Mrs. Dalloway influenced the feminist themes present in the film adaptation of The Hours (2002).
As I examine the feminist themes of both works, I will discuss how the setting, character, and other literary devices illustrate how the patriarchy operates socially.
My method to examine how the feminist themes of Mrs. Dalloway influence the feminist themes of the 2002 film adaptation of The Hours includes looking at texts through a close lens and researching what other scholars have found, all while looking through the lens of feminist theory.
