Self-study
passage 2
P1
The literary development of Kate Chopin, author of . ███ █████████ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████████████ ███████ ████████ ███
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
8.
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a
Although Chopin drew █ █████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ███ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████
b
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c
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d
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e
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