A Room of One's Own? On the Feminist Spatial Concept and Strategy

[[abstract]]This paper attempts to put Virginia Woolfs A Room of One's Own in the feminist context and thus discuss the constructing procedure of the domestic spatial ideology. In order to obtain a space for the female's literary creation, Woolfnot only marks the importance of the financial support, but also advocates the necessity of a locked room. However, according to our analysis, the spatial construction is often the product of the conceptualized gender consciousness. Consequently, Woolfs spatial concept and strategy designed for the female writers need to some extent revision. That is, only when the female learn to face, not escape from, the social reality and living space can they sufficiently achieve the literary creation