声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One A General Survey of Existentialism
1.1 The Emergence of Existentialism
1.2 The Rise and Development of Existentialism
1.3 Main Thoughts of Existentialists
Chapter Two Virginia Woolf’s Existential Thought
2.1 Social and Cultural Background of Woolf’s Era
2.2 Woolf’s Attitude Towards World War I
2.3 Woolf's Meditation on Existence
Chapter Three Existential Crisis Undergone by the Characters in Mrs.Dalloway
3.1 Absurdity
3.2 Alienation
3.3 Anxiety
3.4 Responsibility and Free Choice
Chapter Four The Heroes under Existential Crisis
4.1 The Myth of Sisyphus--a Rebellious Hero to Roll a Rock
4.2 Clarissa--a Brave Heroine to Embrace Life
4.3 Septimus--an Insane Hero to Commit Suicide
Chapter Five Narrative Strategies:an Existential Design
5.1 Big Ben as a Narrative Clue
5.2 Stream of Consciousness and Its Existential implication
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements