ABSTRACT Carnivalesque Imagination in Orlando Hyung, Boon Yeo Department of English Language and Literature Chonbuk National University Orlando is a mock biography novel concerning a protagonist whose life spans almost 400 years and ages only thirty-six years, during which Orlando changes gender fro...
ABSTRACT Carnivalesque Imagination in Orlando Hyung, Boon Yeo Department of English Language and Literature Chonbuk National University Orlando is a mock biography novel concerning a protagonist whose life spans almost 400 years and ages only thirty-six years, during which Orlando changes gender from a man to a woman. The novel also clearly satirizes the traditional and conventional writing of Victorian biography, including parodies of preface, index, pictures put in by the pseudo-biographer. The author Woolf criticizes that traditional biographies portray the subject as a very heroic figure dominated by Victorian values. This leaves the reader unable to see how the protagonist was when (s)he was alive. In order to produce a real human Woolf subverts the conventional way a hero is depicted and tries to express internal thoughts and emotions by employing the imagination based on the “authentic information”. This enables readers to hear the natural voice of the protagonist. In this way Woolf through Orlando attempts to overturn a variety of existing values and stereotypes including hierarchy, material abundance, time and fame which were considered unshakable. Woolf emphasizes the importance of a variety of perspectives and respects the multivalence of the world and recognizes their values. This thesis takes the view that medieval carnivalesque atmosphere which Bakhtin analysed permeated in Orlando. Carnival is the festival in which the dominating “official culture” representing the permanent, the fixed, the absolute is turned upside down and the “unofficial culture” which was hidden and neglected can be brought to light. By relatively degrading the official values and upgrading the unofficial values Woolf challenges authority, unravels polarities and breaks down the demarcation just as in the carnival. However, Woolf takes away this seriousness by using exaggeration, unrealistic events, grotesque images and laughter which are characteristics of carnival. Woolf also blurs the demarcation of the sexes through some of her characters and shows that these are the same human beings before they belong to just one sex. Orlando's change in gender overturns the social and conventional fixed ideas of both sexes. This, in turn, allows the reader to see the social unequal demand especially for women and demonstrates the individual personality, regardless of their sex. Therefore this thesis argues that Woolf attempts to focus on the significance of individual personality rather than that of which sex one belongs. Undergone many experiences through life, Orlando has matured and found her true self. Since Woolf believes that absolute and fixed values cannot harmonize the world, she subverts the existing stereotypical values and seeks a way of coexisting with other values.
ABSTRACT Carnivalesque Imagination in Orlando Hyung, Boon Yeo Department of English Language and Literature Chonbuk National University Orlando is a mock biography novel concerning a protagonist whose life spans almost 400 years and ages only thirty-six years, during which Orlando changes gender from a man to a woman. The novel also clearly satirizes the traditional and conventional writing of Victorian biography, including parodies of preface, index, pictures put in by the pseudo-biographer. The author Woolf criticizes that traditional biographies portray the subject as a very heroic figure dominated by Victorian values. This leaves the reader unable to see how the protagonist was when (s)he was alive. In order to produce a real human Woolf subverts the conventional way a hero is depicted and tries to express internal thoughts and emotions by employing the imagination based on the “authentic information”. This enables readers to hear the natural voice of the protagonist. In this way Woolf through Orlando attempts to overturn a variety of existing values and stereotypes including hierarchy, material abundance, time and fame which were considered unshakable. Woolf emphasizes the importance of a variety of perspectives and respects the multivalence of the world and recognizes their values. This thesis takes the view that medieval carnivalesque atmosphere which Bakhtin analysed permeated in Orlando. Carnival is the festival in which the dominating “official culture” representing the permanent, the fixed, the absolute is turned upside down and the “unofficial culture” which was hidden and neglected can be brought to light. By relatively degrading the official values and upgrading the unofficial values Woolf challenges authority, unravels polarities and breaks down the demarcation just as in the carnival. However, Woolf takes away this seriousness by using exaggeration, unrealistic events, grotesque images and laughter which are characteristics of carnival. Woolf also blurs the demarcation of the sexes through some of her characters and shows that these are the same human beings before they belong to just one sex. Orlando's change in gender overturns the social and conventional fixed ideas of both sexes. This, in turn, allows the reader to see the social unequal demand especially for women and demonstrates the individual personality, regardless of their sex. Therefore this thesis argues that Woolf attempts to focus on the significance of individual personality rather than that of which sex one belongs. Undergone many experiences through life, Orlando has matured and found her true self. Since Woolf believes that absolute and fixed values cannot harmonize the world, she subverts the existing stereotypical values and seeks a way of coexisting with other values.
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