Essays about: "Kate Chopin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Kate Chopin.

  1. 1. Make Room for the New Woman : The Extinction of the Earth-bound Angel in Three Short Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Julia Hellström; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist consciousness; gender; space; patriarchy; repression;

    Abstract : This essay explores the feminist message in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “An Extinct Angel” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The relationship between space and gender will be examined in connection with theoretical conceptions of female consciousness. READ MORE

  2. 2. Story World Absorption : An Analysis of EFL Students´ Immersive Reading Experience and Perceived Reading Enjoyment

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : August Larsson; Elvira Aspra; [2021]
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    Abstract : Prior research within the field of immersive reading has determined that the process of being absorbed by a story consists of four dimensions: attention, mental imagery, emotional engagement, and transportation, dimensions that in turn influence readers' perceived enjoyment when reading fiction. In contrast to a majority of the prior research within the field of immersive reading, this essay aims to identify factors that specifically influence EFL students' story world absorption and reading enjoyment. READ MORE

  3. 3. Diffusing Expectations in Charlotte Bronte’s JaneEyre and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening : Women ahead of their Time and Challenging Society’s Ideals

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Laura Georgina Eagles; [2020]
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  4. 4. The Awakening of a Modern Self : Self-Discovery in Kate Chopin’s Novel The Awakening

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Rebecka Backman; [2018]
    Keywords : Kate Chopin; The Awakening; self-discovery; modern woman; individual self;

    Abstract : This essay argues that The Awakening treats the 1890s “modern woman” that arose from feminist ideas and the women’s movement, challenging patriarchal society with an independent lifestyle. Following Ringe, this essay suggests that the novel has a purpose of showing the process and the development of the protagonist’s individual self. READ MORE

  5. 5. Feminism and Social Transgression inCharlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hanni Mohell Malinen; [2015]
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