Questão 96892

Analyze the following statements regarding the representation of gender and class in Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway' (1925) through the lens of feminist and Marxist literary criticism.

I. From a Marxist perspective, the novel critiques the superficiality and moral emptiness of the English bourgeoisie in the post-WWI era, using Clarissa Dalloway's party as a microcosm of a decaying social class preoccupied with trivialities while figures like Septimus Smith represent the profound trauma ignored by the elite.

II. A second-wave feminist reading would highlight Clarissa's internal struggle for identity and autonomy within the restrictive confines of patriarchal marriage, interpreting her 'moments of being' as acts of psychological resistance against the prescribed social role of the 'angel in the house'.

III. The narrative technique of stream of consciousness is employed solely as an aesthetic device, lacking any political implication, and serves only to explore the characters' personal memories without connecting them to broader social structures of power and oppression.

IV. Septimus Smith's madness can be interpreted as a metaphor for the societal 'shell shock' of a generation of men, but it also serves as a critique of the patriarchal dismissal of male vulnerability and emotional expression, a theme often explored in contemporary gender studies.

Based on a critical analysis, which statements are correct?