Woolf and Morrison: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Virginia Woolf is a prominent and powerful feminist writer of the 19th & 20th century .She is also a highly influential journalist and critic .She is a forerunner of women' liberty. She served numerous feminist criticisms during her lifetime. The suppressed and oppressed women had been struggling for two centuries for the recognition of their cultural roles and political rights. Then some writers came forward to inspire or encourage these women through their writings .Among them, Virginia was an important precursor .Her contribution to English literature, especially to fictional world is much more remarkable than that of other feminist writers. In A Room Of One's Own, she gives a unique account of why a woman must have money and a room of her own in order to writer fiction .It has become a classic statement of feminism.