Women's roles in literature have not evolved nearly as rapidly as women's changing roles i

Women's roles in literature have not evolved nearly as rapidly as women's

changing roles in society, and while these changes are reflected somewhat in

what is written, female characters in most classic literature written by both

Line men and women seem to adhere to the classic stereotypes. Though writing

(5) during an era in which impersonal criticism was virtually the only way for a

woman to maintain objectivity, Virginia Woolf protested the notion that authors

ought to separate fiction from reality, and her imaginative use of drama and

character development to establish her point can be evidenced in her feminist

non-fiction, most prominently the battle against patriarchal authority. Owing to

(10) its numerous personal references, most critics have claimed that her oeuvre is

somehow self-centered or egotistical rather than objective, yet in truth Woolf is

not using her personal experiences as a means with which to reflect upon her

own self-image, but rather as a way to more vibrantly illustrate her external

perceptions.

The passage is primarily concerned with

A．describing the challenge Woolf's work once presented to the hermetic literary categories of her time

B．describing the method by which Woolf' s work combated the stereotypes of female characters created by her literary predecessors

C．proposing the general merits of introducing the personal into non-fiction feminist literature

D．ranking, by order of permanence, Woolf's most lasting contributions to feminist discourse

E．exploring the influence Woolf had on subsequent generations of feminist writers and thinkers