衣装小説としての『ダロウェイ夫人』 : クラリッサと身体意識
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Virginia Woolf(1882-1941), at the time she was writing the novel Mrs. Dalloway(1925), seems to have been as much preoccupied with people's "dress-consciousness", as she called it in her diary, as with the famous narrative technique of the "stream of consiousness". This essay tries to explore how the "dress-consciousness" of the characters is represented in Mrs. Dalloway and what it signifies. The "dress-consiousness" in Mrs. Dalloway is often described through people's awareness of the dress-codes. In the high society depicted in Mrs. Dalloway, the characters are concerned about dressing properly; they get criticized or caricaturized for being overdressed or for being underdressed. But the "dress-consciousness" is not just a matter of social codes. It reveals the self-image of Clarissa Dalloway, the main character, who is described in the novel as "wearing" her body just as she wears a party dress.