Virginia Woolf''s essay 'A Room Of One's Own' is a landmark in twentieth century feminist thought. it explores the history of women in literature through an unconventional and highly provocative investigation of the social and material conditions required for the writing of literature. She was born on January 25, 1882, in London. Woolf
was educated at home by her father, Sir Leslie Stephen, the author of
the Dictionary of English Biography, and she read extensively.
Her mother, Julia Duck worth Stephen, was a nurse, who published a book
on nursing. Her mother died in 1895, which was the catalyst for
Virginia's first mental breakdown. Virginia's sister, Stella, died in
1897; and her father dies in 1904. in the essay Woolf speaks out against the traditional hierarchies. Her essay is a reconstruction and reenactment as well as an argument.
Virginia Woolf was giving a lecture on women and fiction. And she tells the audience that she is not sure if the topic should be what women are like, the fiction women write, fiction written about women, or a combination of three. she says that "a women must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". she uses the fictional narrator Mary Beton in the essay.
The central point of A Room of One’s Own is
that every woman needs a room of her own—something men are able
to enjoy without question. A room of her own would provide a woman
with the time and the space to engage in uninterrupted writing time.
During Woolf’s time, women rarely enjoyed these luxuries. They remained elusive
to women, and, as a result, their art suffered. But Woolf is concerned
with more than just the room itself. She uses the room as a symbol
for many larger issues, such as privacy, leisure time, and financial
independence, each of which is an essential component of the countless
inequalities between men and women. Woolf predicts that until these
inequalities are rectified, women will remain second-class citizens
and their literary achievements will also be branded as such.
Kahaani
Kahaani is one of the blockbuster thriller film produced by Sujay Gosh. Vidya Balan is the protoganist in the film. It was released in the year 2012. The film explores the themes of feminism and motherhood in male dominated society. Vidya Balan act as the character Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi. There have many heroes like Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddhi Siddiqui..etc. If there have many other characters the important and one of the leading role is done by Vidya Balan.
The film goes through the journey of Vidya. Vidya Bagachi is just an ordinary women. She is seven month pregnant. She was a software programmer in London. She came to Kolkata looking for her missing husband Arnab Bagachi. The film begins with a poison attack on Kolkata metro rail compartment killing the passengers on the board. After 2 years Mrs Bagachi comes searching her husband. The film is contains full of twist and turns. It makes the audience the part of it.
We can't fully avoid other supporting cast, most of whom are
Bengalis. Parambrata has an almost similar screen time as Vidya and
gives a very good account of himself. He is a find and deserves to be
seen more often. Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the Intelligence officer plays
his part convincingly and is very believable. So is the man who plays an
assassin with smile on his face. Other then them there are close to
half a dozen actors playing important characters, including Indraneil
Sengupta and none of them ever tries to overshadow the scene by going
over the top even once.
Vidya's character in search of her husband shows fearlessness and patience. Although she becomes what the situation demands her to be. She becomes serious, humor,..according the context. Her acting in the guest house is like that. When Mrs Bagachi being pushed in front of the running metro rail, it create a huge shock on viewers. only at the end of the film we knows that her pregnancy was a fake. But where acting with pregnancy was marvelous.The encounter with Damiji makes curious and anxiety among spectators. it's surprise to see a pregnant women travels alone in Kolkata. And it is said that she uses the fake pregnancy in order to survive from the major issue women faces. For an Indian women it is not possible to travel alone. She may be the victim of patriarchal society or the victim of man's exploitation. It's sure that the film is women centric. Vidya Balan has got many best actress award for this film's acting. It's rare to get women as the central characters in Indian film industry.
