Kate Chopin is widely recognized as a forerunner in the American feminist literature.Based on textual analysis of The Story of An Hour and The Awakening,the conclusions are that although Kate Chopin shows her female c...Kate Chopin is widely recognized as a forerunner in the American feminist literature.Based on textual analysis of The Story of An Hour and The Awakening,the conclusions are that although Kate Chopin shows her female consciousness in both of the works,what she really emphasizes in The Story of An Hour is a woman’s longing for freedom of marriage,not the feminist awakening driven by the oppression from a patriarchal society,and Chopin’s feminist view is thoroughly shown in her later work The Awakening.展开更多
文摘Kate Chopin is widely recognized as a forerunner in the American feminist literature.Based on textual analysis of The Story of An Hour and The Awakening,the conclusions are that although Kate Chopin shows her female consciousness in both of the works,what she really emphasizes in The Story of An Hour is a woman’s longing for freedom of marriage,not the feminist awakening driven by the oppression from a patriarchal society,and Chopin’s feminist view is thoroughly shown in her later work The Awakening.
