Acted and unacted parts. The quest for idenity in Virginia Woolf's novels

The turn of the last century was marked by an acute identity crisis resulting from decisive economical and socio-political changes.

Consequently, the concept of self started to be represented in literature as fluctuating and fragile, from a subjective and limited narrative perspective. Crystallising in her novels the image of the frustrated individual who is never pleased with his/ her life, Virginia Woolf hailed the modern ascendancy of illusion over reality. (Autoarea)