THE AWAKENING (1899): BREAKING WITH THE PARADIGM

Kate Chopin is a important writer whose novel The Awakening (1899) written in the end of Victorian Era in the United States broke away from women's writings of that time. The Novel deals with the condition of nineteenth-century women, a theme totally unpeculiar for that time. For this reason, w...

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Published inOrganon Vol. 33; no. 65; p. 16
Main Author Andrea Ferras Wolwacz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Porto Alegre Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Letras 14.12.2018
Subjects
19th century
American literature
Chopin, Kate (1851-1904)
Novels
Semiotics
Time
Women
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Summary:Kate Chopin is a important writer whose novel The Awakening (1899) written in the end of Victorian Era in the United States broke away from women's writings of that time. The Novel deals with the condition of nineteenth-century women, a theme totally unpeculiar for that time. For this reason, when Kate Chopin's novel was published, it provoked reactions in its reviews. Critics censured in the national press and taken from circulation. One of the reasons The Awakening was dropped out of sign was that, for the first time, a female main protagonist, Edna Pontellier, explicitly violates “the modes and codes of nineteenth-century American women`s behavior” KEYWORDS : Kate Chopin; Women's writing; Solitary novel; Defy values ">
ISSN:0102-6267
2238-8915
DOI:10.22456/2238-8915.86337