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From the creation of the universe, the earth and all living things to the creation of literature——Virginia Woolf's theory of androgyny and the escape from mythical thinking of androgyny

Zhou Shuang-hong

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This article analyzes Virginia Woolf's famous theory of androgyny which comes from A Room of One's Own in 1929. This article shows Virginia Woolf's theory of androgyny is not completely based on Freud's psychoanalysis or Darwin's biology,famous remarks in Genesis or Plato's works from the performance,development,evolution of androgynyin different fields in history. The conclusion is that this creative view comes from Virginia Woolf's diligent writing--she seems to carry out an experiment when she is writing--but there is an important spiritual link between Virginia Woolf'sandrogynyandandrogynyin ancient history.

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This article analyzes Virginia Woolf's famous theory of androgyny which comes from A Room of One's Own in 1929. This article shows Virginia Woolf's theory of androgyny is not completely based on Freud's psychoanalysis or Darwin's biology,famous remarks in Genesis or Plato's works from the performance,development,evolution of androgynyin different fields in history. The conclusion is that this creative view comes from Virginia Woolf's diligent writing--she seems to carry out an experiment when she is writing--but there is an important spiritual link between Virginia Woolf'sandrogynyandandrogynyin ancient history.

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This article analyzes Virginia Woolf's famous theory of androgyny which comes from A Room of One's Own in 1929. This article shows Virginia Woolf's theory of androgyny is not completely based on Freud's psychoanalysis or Darwin's biology,famous remarks in Genesis or Plato's works from the performance,development,evolution of androgynyin different fields in history. The conclusion is that this creative view comes from Virginia Woolf's diligent writing--she seems to carry out an experiment when she is writing--but there is an important spiritual link between Virginia Woolf'sandrogynyandandrogynyin ancient history.

Key concepts: Androgyny, Philosophy, Darwin (ADL), Literature, Psychoanalysis, Art history, Epistemology, Art

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