<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article will focus primarily on the ending of <italic>The Awakening: A Solitary Soul</italic>, probably the most discussed and debated part of Kate Chopin’s novel. The ending can be best understood if the novel is read as an exercise in late Transcendentalist philosophy, with Gothic undertones, plus realist, social commentary and modernist concerns. Walt Whitman’s hedonism meets Guy de Maupassant’s melancholy in a novel that speaks about multiple awakenings (hedonistic, erotic, artistic) but also about several deaths, all necessary for the creation of a new female consciousness.</p></abstract>

This article will focus primarily on the ending of The Awakening: A Solitary Soul, probably the most discussed and debated part of Kate Chopin’s novel. The ending can be best understood if the novel is read as an exercise in late Transcendentalist philosophy, with Gothic undertones, plus realist, social commentary and modernist concerns. Walt Whitman’s hedonism meets Guy de Maupassant’s melancholy in a novel that speaks about multiple awakenings (hedonistic, erotic, artistic) but also about several deaths, all necessary for the creation of a new female consciousness.

The Battle of ‘Isms’ in Kate Chopin's <italic>the Awakening</italic>

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The Battle of ‘Isms’ in Kate Chopin's 

This article will focus primarily on the ending of The Awakening: A Solitary Soul, probably the most discussed and debated part of Kate Chopin’s novel. The...

The Battle of ‘Isms’ in Kate Chopin's the Awakening

Pubblicato online: 05 dic 2019

Pagine: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0001

Parole chiave
death and rebirth, Kate Chopin, Transcendentalism, female Gothic, protomodernism

© 2019 Cristina Băniceru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Battle of ‘Isms’ in Kate Chopin's the Awakening

Pubblicato online: 05 dic 2019

Pagine: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2019-0001

Parole chiavedeath and rebirth, Kate Chopin, Transcendentalism, female Gothic, protomodernism

© 2019 Cristina Băniceru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
death and rebirth, Kate Chopin, Transcendentalism, female Gothic, protomodernism