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KATE CHOPIN: BOLD WRITER ? AHEAD OF HER TIME KATE CHOPIN: BOLD WRITER ? AHEAD OF HER TIME CHOPIN'S LITERATURE: THE AWAKENING, ATHENAISE: A STORY OF A TEMPERAMENT,
the right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature" (Chopin 189). This is a bold statement for a woman writer in the 19th century to suggest, and it is one
consists mainly of house work and taking care of her children. Cooking and cleaning is a woman's forte at this point in time and ultimately her duty is to her husband
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KATE CHOPIN: BOLD WRITER AHEAD OF HER TIME
CHOPIN'S LITERATURE:
THE AWAKENING, ATHENAISE: A STORY OF A TEMPERAMENT,
AT THE CADIAN BALL, & THE STORM
Elizabeth Fox Genovese of Emory University shared in a PBS interview that "She [Kate Chopin] was very important as one of the earliest examples of modernism in the United States or, if you wish, the cutting edge of modernism in American literature" (PBS Interviews). Kate Chopin published At Fault, her first novel, in 1890 and The Awakening, her last novel, in 1898 (Guilds 924). During these years Chopin wrote numerous other works and most, like At Fault and The Awakening, centered around upper-middle class Creole or French women involved in womanly uncertainties; such as, extramarital affairs, acceptable behavior in society for females, duties as a wife, responsibilities as a mother, and religious beliefs. Chopin was an extraordinary woman, and no indication was made, during the investigation of this research paper, reflecting her having regrets regarding her position as a wife or mother. This document is an attempt at comparing the issues the main characters experienced and presenting Chopin's unique skill in writing about the culture she observed during her years of living in Louisiana. The tragedy of this author's existence is that during her life the literary world did not recognize such exceptional skill.
This author was born Katherine (Kate) O'Flaherty Chopin in February of 1850 to a father of Irish descent and a Creole (French settlers of the southern United States, esp. Louisiana) mother (Guilds 293). Chopin was a bicultural mixture of strength. Due to measures beyond her control, she grows up in a life surrounded by strong willed women. These ladies were passionate women Chopin loved and respected; her great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. They each added their individual spice of life to a brew of pure womanhood. Thus, seasoning a...
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