Mrs Dalloway and The hours in the book and film: an intertextual analysis

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyse two narratives: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway (1924) and Michael Cunningham’s The Hours (1998), along with the film adaptations that resulted from the novels. This study will outline the shift of women’s roles throughout the 20th century and also the development of a liberal sexual identity.

A presente dissertação propõe analisar duas narrativas: Mrs Dalloway de Virginia Woolf (1924) e The Hours (1998) de Michael Cunningham, juntamente com as adaptações cinematográficas de ambos os livros. Este estudo irá incidir na progressão do papel da mulher ao longo do século XX e na compreensão do desenvolvimento da liberdade sexual.