SHARAPENKOVA N., KOTVITSKAYA A. ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN THE MODERNIST TRADITION (A STUDY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NOVEL TO THE LIGHTHOUSE AND FRIDA KAHLO’S PAINTING WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME) // Studia Humanitatis Borealis. 2026. Vol. 1. № 2. P. 44‒51.
DOI: 10.15393/j12.art.2026.4364
Issue № 2
CULTURAL STUDIES
ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN THE MODERNIST TRADITION (A STUDY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NOVEL TO THE LIGHTHOUSE AND FRIDA KAHLO’S PAINTING WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME)
| SHARAPENKOVA Natalya | PhD in Philology, Head of the Department of German Philology and Scandinavian Studies, Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of Philology, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation, natshar@mail.ru |
| KOTVITSKAYA Alexandra | student of the Department of Germanic Philology and Scandinavian studies, Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of Philology, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation, sasha2003kot@yandex.ru |
| Ключевые слова: modernism literature painting Virginia Woolf Frida Kahlo stream of consciousness | Аннотация: This work explores the specific features of depicting female characters in Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse (1927) and Frida Kahlo’s painting What the Water Gave Me (Lo que el agua me dio, 1938). The works of an English writer Virginia Woolf largely embody changes in the views of the 20th century and uncertainty that arose after the restructuring of social institutes and raise philosophical questions about various aspects of human life. Researchers (T. V. Balashova, E. Yu. Genieva, D. G. Zhantieva, N. P. Mikhalskaya, L. Louvel, P. Childs, M. Bradbury, J. de Gay) have noted the special pictorial qualities of Virginia Woolf’s prose. Her methods are often compared with those of impressionists, but the comparison is limited to this. This article reveals the connection between visual art in the writer’s works and a wider range of aesthetic and poetic ideas of modernism. To this end, the study used works of a Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), which demonstrate a wide variety of characteristics and techniques of modernist art. The study revealed that both Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo share whimsical approach to depicting phenomena, as well as a combination of heterogeneous points of view on subjects. Both strive to combine subjective and objective elements in their works, albeit through different paths. The consciousness of the heroines in the novel To The Lighthouse shapes reality, becoming their own reality, while on the canvases of Frida Kahlo the world itself penetrates into heroines’ consciousness in its diverse manifestations, connecting their experiences to universal human experience through folklore and mythological imagery. © Petrozavodsk State University |
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