Virginia Woolf - TED Talk "Why should you read Virginia Woolf?"

1- What is the main idea of the video?

• Virginia Woolf's life and work

• A comparison between Virginia and Shakespeare

• A Room of One's Own

• The Bloomsbury Group

2 - What is Modernism?

• A cultural movement that sought to push the boundaries of how reality is represented

• A type of stream of consciousness

• A book written by James Joyce

• A group of creatives in London

3 - What are some key features of Modernist writing?

• Interior monologue and distortions in time

• The use of stream of consciousness and multiple or shifting perspectives

• The use of stream of consciousness and distortions in time

• Multiple or shifting perspectives, distortions in time, and interior monologue

4 - What led to Woolf's first depressive episode?

• The death of her mother

• The death of her half-sister

• The death of her father

• The death of her brother

5 - What did Virginia Woolf write after reading Joyce's "Ulysses"?

• "Ulysses"

• "A Room of One's Own"

• "Mrs. Dalloway"

• "To the Lighthouse"