弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是英国 2 0世纪意识流小说的杰出代表 ,《海浪》是其代表作之一。小说利用太阳的东升与西落象征着人生的具体阶段。作者通过对六个人物成长经历的描写 ,揭示了生命的短暂与永恒之间的矛盾。六个代表人物以不同的方式走向同一个归宿 ,而又以不同的姿态迎接着死亡。个体生命虽然短暂 ,但整体生命却永恒不息 Virginia Woolf is an outstanding representative of the stream of consciousness novels of the 20th century in Britain. Waves is one of its representative works. The novel uses the sun’s east and west to symbolize the concrete stages of life. By describing the experiences of the six characters, the author reveals the contradiction between the short and the eternal life. The six deputies came to the same destination in different ways, but in different stances they met the death. Although individual life is short, but the whole life is everlasting