Tag: societal norms

• The Awakening

  

  Considering its place in the feminist canon, it is amusingly ironic that Kate Chopin’s rediscovery, in 1969, came about because of the work of a male student. In truth, though, it must be acknowledged that his work benefitted by coinciding with feminism’s second wave* and its interest in reclaiming female novelists lost because they failed…

  markwithanx

  October 14, 2020

  Literary Fiction

  19th century, Adele Ratignolle, Aphrodite, Edna Pontellier, feminist icon, imaginary, Kate Chopin, novel, patriarchy, Robert Lebrun, Second wave feminism, sexual awakening, societal norms, The Awakening