The Awakening by Kate Chopin (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year The Awakening was published
Year The Awakening was published
1899
Era when The Awakening was published (1899)
Era when The Awakening was published (1899)
Gilded Age
Edna's cultural status in Creole society
Edna's cultural status in Creole society
Not Creole/cultural outsider
1899 critical response to The Awakening
1899 critical response to The Awakening
Condemned as 'immoral' & 'vulgar', suppressed
Literary movement Chopin worked within
Literary movement Chopin worked within
American literary Realism
French writer who influenced Chopin
French writer who influenced Chopin
Gustave Flaubert
What the sea symbolises in The Awakening
What the sea symbolises in The Awakening
Freedom, sensuality, danger
Caged bird symbolism in The Awakening
Caged bird symbolism in The Awakening
Edna trapped by marriage & societal expectations
What Madame Ratignole represents
What Madame Ratignole represents
Conventional femininity, ideal wife & mother
What Mademoiselle Reisz represents
What Mademoiselle Reisz represents
Female autonomy, independent artist, price of freedom