弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫,英国著名小说家、评论家,被誉为现代主义及女性主义文学的先锋,在英国乃至世界文学史上占有举足轻重的地位。其小说代表作有《远航》、《夜与日》、《奥兰多》、《达洛维夫人》、《到灯塔去》、《海浪》等。伍尔夫的作品问世时间集中在1915年至1941年,这期间存在主义思潮在欧洲大陆兴起。存在主义把人的非理性意识活动当作人最真实的存在,强调个人、独立自主和主观经验,关注人的心理意识(往往是焦虑、绝望、恐惧等低觉 Virginia Woolf, a famous British novelist and critic, is regarded as the vanguard of modernism and feminist literature, occupying a pivotal position in the literary history of Britain and the world. His novels include Voyage, Night and Day, Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Waves. Woolf’s work was published in 1915-1941, during which existentialism emerged in Europe. Existentialism regards human irrational awareness activities as the most authentic existence of human beings, emphasizing individual, independent and subjective experience, paying attention to human psychological awareness (often anxiety, hopelessness, fear, etc.)