Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction
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Resumo: | This paper seeks to analyze the theme of freedom as the elixir of life, weaving, in turn, a dialogue between the short stories Emancipation: A Fable of Life (1869-1870) and The Story of an Hour (1894), by the American author Kate Chopin. In both narratives, the symbolic setting that delineates the scenery of nature is opposed to the closed space of the cage and the house as a representation of social imprisonment. In this sense, the possibility of breaking through such barriers drives the characters' self-realization, both in the fabled universe represented by an animal that glimpses the possibility of being free and all the implications of the search for survival and in the protagonist Louise Mallard, who, faced with supposed widowhood, imagines a new life metaphorically awakened by the spring scenario. Contesting the imprisonment of individuality and perspectives of the characters confined in claustrophobic spaces, the short stories reveal the author's critical bias towards female limitations imposed by patriarchal ideology. To this end, the analyses will be guided by the considerations of Per Seyersted (1969, 1980), Betty Friedan (1971), Bernard Koloski (1996), among other authors. |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fictionEmancipationa fable of lifeKate ChopinThe story of an hourThis paper seeks to analyze the theme of freedom as the elixir of life, weaving, in turn, a dialogue between the short stories Emancipation: A Fable of Life (1869-1870) and The Story of an Hour (1894), by the American author Kate Chopin. In both narratives, the symbolic setting that delineates the scenery of nature is opposed to the closed space of the cage and the house as a representation of social imprisonment. In this sense, the possibility of breaking through such barriers drives the characters' self-realization, both in the fabled universe represented by an animal that glimpses the possibility of being free and all the implications of the search for survival and in the protagonist Louise Mallard, who, faced with supposed widowhood, imagines a new life metaphorically awakened by the spring scenario. Contesting the imprisonment of individuality and perspectives of the characters confined in claustrophobic spaces, the short stories reveal the author's critical bias towards female limitations imposed by patriarchal ideology. To this end, the analyses will be guided by the considerations of Per Seyersted (1969, 1980), Betty Friedan (1971), Bernard Koloski (1996), among other authors.Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Letras Modernas, UNESP, Fac Ciencias & Letras,Estudos Literarios, Araraquara, SP, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista, Dept Letras Modernas, UNESP, Fac Ciencias & Letras,Estudos Literarios, Araraquara, SP, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista-unespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Finatti, Rosemary Elza [UNESP]2023-07-29T11:57:29Z2023-07-29T11:57:29Z2022-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article85-98Itinerarios-Revista de Literatura. Araraquara: Univ Estadual Paulista - Unesp, n. 54, p. 85-98, 2022.0103-815Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/245528WOS:000893195500006Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengItinerarios-revista De Literaturainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-06-10T20:06:28Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/245528Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T16:46:43.154396Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction Finatti, Rosemary Elza [UNESP] Emancipation a fable of life Kate Chopin The story of an hour |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Freedom as the elixir of life in Kate Chopin's fiction |
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Finatti, Rosemary Elza [UNESP] |
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Finatti, Rosemary Elza [UNESP] |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Finatti, Rosemary Elza [UNESP] |
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Emancipation a fable of life Kate Chopin The story of an hour |
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Emancipation a fable of life Kate Chopin The story of an hour |
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This paper seeks to analyze the theme of freedom as the elixir of life, weaving, in turn, a dialogue between the short stories Emancipation: A Fable of Life (1869-1870) and The Story of an Hour (1894), by the American author Kate Chopin. In both narratives, the symbolic setting that delineates the scenery of nature is opposed to the closed space of the cage and the house as a representation of social imprisonment. In this sense, the possibility of breaking through such barriers drives the characters' self-realization, both in the fabled universe represented by an animal that glimpses the possibility of being free and all the implications of the search for survival and in the protagonist Louise Mallard, who, faced with supposed widowhood, imagines a new life metaphorically awakened by the spring scenario. Contesting the imprisonment of individuality and perspectives of the characters confined in claustrophobic spaces, the short stories reveal the author's critical bias towards female limitations imposed by patriarchal ideology. To this end, the analyses will be guided by the considerations of Per Seyersted (1969, 1980), Betty Friedan (1971), Bernard Koloski (1996), among other authors. |
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Itinerarios-Revista de Literatura. Araraquara: Univ Estadual Paulista - Unesp, n. 54, p. 85-98, 2022. 0103-815X http://hdl.handle.net/11449/245528 WOS:000893195500006 |
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Itinerarios-Revista de Literatura. Araraquara: Univ Estadual Paulista - Unesp, n. 54, p. 85-98, 2022. 0103-815X WOS:000893195500006 |
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