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标题：Kate Chopin's ‘The Awakening’ and the Exploration of Feminine Desire and Expression
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作者：Iraj Montashery
期刊名称：Journal of Comparative Literature and Culture
印刷版ISSN：2325-2200
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：147-149
语种：English
出版社：World Science Publisher
摘要：In ‘ The Awakening’ , Kate Chopin introduces Edna Pontellier, the wife of a New Orleans businessman and as a mother of two children. Despite her conventional roles, Edna struggles with romantic feelings and sexual desires to gain her own independence. In search of true self and genuine desires of her own, Edna defies social conventions on her journey of self-discovery. Her previous submissive life is transformed into a radically subversive one. Her newly awakened feminine desires find expression in her paintings. Edna’s desires and voice are powerful enough to overcome patriarchal culture and its expectations regarding women’s role. Her paintings become her only subversive tool to inscribe her awakened desires. In the novel, Chopin implicitly suggests that feminine expression which is embodied in Edna’s paintings is a necessary tool to free Edna from conventional roles as a mother or wife.
关键词：Desire;Feminine Expression;Voice;Patriarchy;Identity