The objective of this research is to investigate epiphany as a feature of modernism in the light of two pioneers: Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. This feature will be applied on the characters of Khalid Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. The points that will be elaborated in this paper are (1) what is epiphany? (2) Who is the founder of this literary term? (3) Epiphanies: James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. (4) Types of Epiphanies (5) Epiphanic Characteristics (6) Epiphanies in The Kite Runner
The objective of this research is to investigate epiphany as a feature of modernism in the light of two pioneers: Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. This feature will be applied on the characters of Khalid Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. The points that will be elaborated in this paper are (1) what is epiphany? (2) Who is the founder of this literary term? (3) Epiphanies: James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. (4) Types of Epiphanies (5) Epiphanic Characteristics (6) Epiphanies in The Kite Runner