1. STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Definition: Is a literary technique used by Richardson, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. Stream of consciuousness is characterized by a flow of thoughts and images Virginia Woolf never lets her characters’ thoughts flow without control, mantains logical and grammatical organisation

2. TIME UNITS Virginia’s works are developped in short times but in a very intense way. They are concentrated into one or two days, but time is often dilated and a single moment can last for a very long time.

3. one day The novel ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ develops during one day of this lady and other characters that are both in the background and foreground. SETTING Bond Street area in London STYLE Interior monologues of characters Immagination Attention on the character’s mind Sentences broken by dashes and semicolons

4. I From morning to 11 a.m. Clarissa Dalloway sets out to buy flowers for her house party II From 11 a.m.to 11:30 a.m. III From 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. IV From 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. V From 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Septimus’s appointment with Sir William Bradshaw VI From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. VII From 3:00 p.m. to late afternoon VIII From late afternoon to 6:00 p.m IX From 6:00 p.m. to the early night X From early night to 3:00 a.m. The end of the party

5. Before World War I Ramsay family goes to their summer home, where they host some guests. 1. ‘The window’ Ten years later the death of Mrs. Ramsay and many children, they return to the abandoned summer house 2. ‘Time passes’ Finally trip to the lighthouse The painter Lily Briscoe (old guest in the first section) finishes the painting of the bay. 3. ‘The Lighthouse’