Imposing Our Own Ideological Frameworks onto Virginia...

Imposing Our Own Ideological Frameworks onto Virginia Woolf and Her Writing Whenever we try to imagine the feelings or motives of a writer, we impose our own thoughts and ideas, our own biases, onto that person and their work. Perhaps in order to justify our choices or legitimate the philosophies that we hold dear, we interpret texts so that they fall into place in our own ideological frameworks. Literature, because it engages with the most important and passionate questions in life, evokes responses in readers that emanate not only from the mind but also from the subconscious and from the deepest places in the heart. Writers like Virginia Woolf ask, and sometimes answer, questions about lifes meaning, about the nature and†¦show more content†¦Much critical writing on Woolf reflects a strong desire to locate her definitely within either a heterosexual or homosexual framework. These interpretations of Woolfs sexuality, in her life and her writings, are varied and reflect anxieties within the culture about the role of women, the nature of sexual ident ity, and the fear society has of people who do not conform to traditional heterosexual or homosexual models. While critical views are many and varied, it is possible to loosely identify two groups at opposite poles in this debate. Some conservative male critics are invested in re-creating a Woolf who was a devoted wife and daughter, someone who enjoyed close friendships with women but someone who respected the primacy of heterosexual norms. They largely ignore the potential homosexual interpretations of Woolfs work and brush aside her relationship with Vita Sackville-West because acknowledging those things in any real way would threaten the established patriarchal order. Nigel Nicolson, in his book Portrait of a Marriage , characterizes the physical relationship between Vita and Virginia as tentative and not very successful and claims, It is a travesty of their relationship to call it an affair (207). There are several problems with thisShow MoreRelatedFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 PagesConsiderations 96 Public Policy Violation 96 Implied Employment Contract 96 Breech of Goo d Faith 97 PART 3 STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION Chapter 5 Human Resource Planning and Job Analysis 110 Learning Outcomes 110 Introduction 112 An Organizational Framework 112 ETHICAL ISSUES IN HRM: Competitive Intelligence 114 Linking Organizational Strategy to Human Resource Planning 115 Assessing Current Human Resources 115 Human Resource Information Systems 115 Succession Planning 116 Determining the Demand