Abstract
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Literature Review
1.1 Woolf Studies Abroad
1.2 Woolf Studies in China
2 Research Argument
3 Research Purpose, Scope and Methodology
Chapter One Virginia Woolf's View of History and
Historiography
1 Woolies View of History
2 Woolfs View of Historiography
Chapter Two Historical Factuality in Woolf's Real World
1 The Historical Factuality of Family Members
1.1 Leslie Stephen
1.2 Julia Stephen
1.3 Siblings
The Historical Factuality of Social Movements
2.1 Feminism
2.2 Lesbianism
2.3 Class Conflict
The Historical Factuality of Imperial Crises
3.1 Colonial Independence
3.2 Destruction of Wars
Chapter Three Historiography in Woolf's Novels
1 The Historiography of Family Members in To the Lighthouse
1.1 Mr. Ramsay
1.2 Mrs. Ramsay
1.3 Lily Briseoe and Others
2 The Historiography of Social Movements in Mrs. Dalloway
2.1 The Story of Clarissa as a Feminist
2.2 The Stories of Sally Seton and Clarissa, Elizabeth and Doris Kilman as
Lesbians
2.3 The Story of Septimus and Bradshaw as the Oppressed and the
Oppressor
3 The Historiography of Imperial Crises in The Years
3.1 Colonial Independence Witnessed by the Pargiters
3.2 Destruction of the First World War Represented by German
Air Raids
Chapter Four Woolf's Political Intention of
Historiography
1 Speaking the Unspeakable
1.1 Cultural Taboos
1.2 Government Censorship
2 Representing the Powers of Subversion and Containment in
Her Times
2.1 Subversion and Containment of Family Patriarchy
2.2 Subversion and Containment of Social Conventions
2.3 Subversion and Containment of British Imperialism
Conclusion
