Virginia Woolf's "Between the Acts". Symbolic Violence in the Book

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, University of Koblenz-Landau, course: Virginia Woolf, language: English, abstract: The paper is separated into three main parts. The first serves as an introduction in which the reader gets an idea about the topic and the paper. The second chapter gives the reader the necessary overview of Pierre Bourdieu's theory of symbolic violence, defines specific terminology, and provides a chronological classification. It serves as a theoretical framework corroborating the methodology, which will be used to sensitize and establish a base for further understanding, especially in the third chapter. The third and last chapter and deals with the analysis of Virginia Woolf¿s "Between the Acts", focusing on the previously mentioned theory and the research questions that have arisen. Finally, the results are compiled, the research questions are answered with a conclusion, and the significance of nowadays is clarified.