Self-study
P1
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Intro Topic ·
Chopin's literary development
Background ·
Chopin grew up with sentimental novels
Features of sentimental novels.
Intro Group ·
Local Colorists (L.C.)
Chopin initially modeled her work on local colorists. Who were they?
P2
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L.C. Social Context ·
Expanding opportunities for women
Local colorists liked that traditional "women's culture" was dissolving.
L.C. Attitude ·
Local colorists neutrally observed these changes
L.C. Attitude Change ·
Local colorists mourn the loss of "women's culture"
Illustrate L.C. Attitude ·
House as female nurturing, etc.
P3
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Contrast to L.C. ·
Chopin writes about different subjects
Loneliness, isolation, frustration... not traditional "women's culture."
Similar to L.C. ·
Chopin uses the same conventions
Callback to "scientific detachment" of the L.C. to tell melodramatic tales
P4
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Evolution ·
Chopin discards L.C. in favor of New Women (N.W.)
Moved past L.C.'s nostalgia (for "women's culture"). Modeled later work on N.W.
N.W. Details ·
Innovation in form and content
Unlike both sentimental novels and L.C.'s short stories, N.W. explores fantasy; parable; different worlds; and uses impressionistic methods to explore female consciousness
The Awakening ·
Took N.W. approach further
Used impressionistic methods to render the female consciousness.
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
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Anti-supported as something that The Awakening did differently from the work of the New Women. Both
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Unsupported. We know that the New Women did this, but it’s unclear if The Awakening did. We’re looking for something that The Awakening clearly did, and did differently from the New Women.
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Strongly supported. In P4, the author describes the New Women’s use of impressionism and then immediately turns around and says that The Awakening “
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relied more on ███████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██████
Unsupported. We know that the New Women used fantasy to reveal women’s psychological states, but it’s unclear if The Awakening did. We’re looking for something that The Awakening clearly did, and did differently from the New Women.
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Anti-supported comparison. The Awakening used an impressionistic approach to a greater degree than the New Women did, resulting in a book that