Approaches to teaching Chopin's The awakening / edited by Bernard Koloski.
| Other author | Koloski, Bernard, 1937- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1988. |
| Description | xi, 170 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Approaches to teaching world literature ; 16 Approaches to teaching world literature ; 16. ^A223695 |
| Contents | Part I. Materials / Bernard Koloski -- Part II. Approaches -- The awakening as a prototype of the novel of awakening / Susan J. Rosowski -- The awakening in the context of the experience, culture, and values of Southern women / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese -- Childbirth and motherhood in The awakening and in "Athenaise" / Patricia Hopkins Lattin -- The awakening and the woman question / Dale Marie Bauer and Andrew M. Lakritz -- Women's language in The awakening / E. Laurie George -- The new biographical approach / Emily Toth -- The historical and cultural setting / Nancy Walker -- Chopin's stories of awakening / Mary E. Papke -- The awakening's relationship with American regionalism, romanticism, realism, and naturalism / Peggy Skaggs -- The awakening in a course on women in literature / Barbara C. Ewell -- The awakening in an introductory literature course / Ann R. Morris and Margaret M. Dunn -- The awakening in an American literature survey course / Thomas Bonner, Jr. -- The awakening in a research and composition course / Evelyn Sweet-Hurd -- The awakening in a course on philosophical ideas in literature / Jo Ellen Jacobs -- Characters as foils to Edna / Barbara H. Solomon -- Two settings : the islands and the city / Suzanne W. Jones -- Symbolism and imagery in The awakening / Joyce Dyer -- Stylistic categories in The awakening / Nancy Rogers -- Edna as Icarus : a mythic issue / Lawrence Thornton -- Edna as Psyche : the self and the unconscious / Rosemary F. Franklin -- A reader-response approach / Elizabeth Rankin. |
| Abstract | The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earlier American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index. |
| Genre/form | Educational tools (form) |
| Other title | Awakening. |
| LCCN | 87031351 |
| ISBN | 0873525086 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780873525084 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0873525078 (hard) |
| ISBN | 9780873525077 (hard) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS1294 .C63 A6433 1988 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |