%0 Journal Article %T James Joyce¡¯s Epiphany and Virginia Woolf¡¯s ¡°Moment of Importance¡± %A Jin MA %J Studies in Literature and Language %D 2011 %I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture %X In English literature, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf are the two best-known novelists of the ¡°stream of consciousness¡±. Joyce¡¯s novels are written in accordance with his theory of ¡°epiphanies¡± and Virginia Woolf¡¯s works are characterized by the ¡°moment of importance¡±. Both writing techniques are characteristic of stream of consciousness in modern fiction yet there are some similarities and differences between them. This paper tries to make such a comparison. Key words: Stream of consciousness; Epiphany; Moment of importance %K Stream of consciousness %K Epiphany %K Moment of importance %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/1696