Culture and Nature Dualism in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando

Ziba Roshanzamir ¹ ( Ph.D. Candidate of English LiteratureDepartment of English Language and Literature, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran )
Leila Baradaran Jamili ² ( Assistant Professor of English Literature، Borujerd Branch، Islamic Azad University، Borujerd، Iran (Corresponding Writer) )
Ardeshir Danesh ³ ( Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran )

Submited date : 2024-06-30 Accepted date : 2024-11-27

Keywords: Culture, Nature, Dualism, Environment, Ecocriticism.,

Abstract :

The purpose of the current research is to express the dualism of culture and nature in two works of Virginia Woolf (1942-1882), Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando. Woolf attempts to prove that dualism in Western culture and the creation of dual pairs such as: human/nature, man/woman, and culture/nature leads to the destruction of nature, natural resources and the environment. She believes that if culture does not interact with nature, it is certainly seeking the destruction of nature. The current research uses the interdisciplinary method of ecocriticism based on the opinions of Val Plumwood (1939-2008) in relation to dualism in order to analyze the two mentioned novels. In Mrs. Dalloway, Woolf questions the new era and its products that pollute nature and weaken it, such as airplanes, which are the result of technological progress and the elevation of human culture. Also, in Orlando, it shows the conflict between culture and nature in such a way that Orlando, the main character of the story, openly describes London in the 16th century when human culture had not dominated it and its nature remained pristine and untouched, and in contrast to London in the 16th century, the 19th century indicates that it has gone out of its pristine state due to the interference of human culture. Therefore, by proposing the problem of duality and opposition between culture and nature, Woolf shows the destruction of nature and environment through his novels Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando.

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