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KATE CHOPIN’S THE AWAKENING |
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Online book: Kate Chopin's The Awakening: A Sourcebook by Janet Beer and Elizabeth Nolan.
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Recommended
Web Pages & Web Sites:
The Awakening page from The Kate Chopin International Society
website
Kate Chopin: A ReAwakening:
Information about Chopin from an award-winning documentary on the life and work
of Kate Chopin, produced in 1999 by Louisiana Public
Television. Includes interviews, chronology, brief
biography, and transcript of the show. (Some links to outside
sources are outdated.)
Kate Chopin - The Awakening, from course website at Loyola University New Orleans
Kate Chopin
from Literary History.com: Indexing the
Internet: Links
to many excellent articles about Kate Chopin and The Awakening
Creoles of
Color in 19th Century New Orleans
Links and descriptions below are from: Megan
Peterson and Charlotte Hansen Sec. Ed 276R Novel Information
and Resources: English Department at Brigham Young University
"Chapter
6: Late Nineteenth Century - Kate Chopin"
Reuben, Paul P. PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and
Reference Guide. Online. October 20, 2001.
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap6/chopin.html
A resource guide that gives citations to many criticisms of The Awakening
as well as study questions that accompany the novel.
"Kate
Chopin's The Awakening: A Critical Reception"
Sprinkle, Russ. Domestic Goddesses. Online. October 20, 2001. http://www.womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/sprinkle.htm
Description of how the novel was received by the public at its publication in
the year of 1899 and the reaction of Kate Chopin to that critical reception.
"Next Stop– Paradise: An Analysis of setting in The Awakening"
Griggers, Cody. Domestic Goddesses. Online.
http://womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess/pdf/griggers.pdf
An analysis of the use of Grand Isle, the Pontellier
house, and the city itself in the novel and how Edna found that she herself and
women in general have no real place in the world.
"Symbols
in The Awakening"
Wyatt, Neal. Kate Chopin Study Text. Online. October 20, 2001.
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng384/symbols.htm
A great source for students studying the symbolism in The Awakening.
Discusses such themes as the ocean, birds, and the moon.
Kate Chopin’s
The Awakening: Chopin, Realism, and Local Color in late 19th Century America 3 December 2003. National Endowment
for the
Humanities. 8 Feb. 2005
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=523
This lesson plan will introduce students to literary
realism and how it is played out in The Awakening. It also discusses the importance
culture plays in Chopin’s writing. This website also provides a great activity
for students to research local color and regionalism themselves by going to
websites provided. This is a good “hands-on” strategy for teaching students
about influences on Chopin’s writing.
Kate Chopin’s The
Awakening: No Choice but Under?
3 December 2003. National Endowment for the Humanities. 8 Feb. 2005. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=522.
This lesson plan provides a good background to Kate Chopin as a writer before
students begin reading The Awakening. The site provides many useful links on
Chopin and Louisiana that teachers could use before teaching the lesson. It
also discusses realism and Creole culture.
Kate Chopin’s The
Awakening: Searching for Women & Identity in Chopin’s The Awakening. 3 December 2003. National
Endowment for the Humanities. 8 Feb. 2005. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=524.
This lesson plan will help students understand the roles of women around the
turn of the century. Students will explore the nature of Edna and Robert’s
“free” relationship, and whether or not it will work. Many activities and
resources are included for the teacher such as a rubric for students to keep
track of the characters and their relationship to Edna. Also, students are
provided with a chance to re-write the story’s ending.
French
Creoles Louisiana: An American Tale. Harriet J. Bauman. Yale-New Haven
Teachers Institute 14 Jan. 2005. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1992/2/92.02.02.x.html
Harriet Bauman provides an intensive lesson plan on Creoles. If the
teacher really wants to immerse the students into the world of Chopin, this
would be an excellent source. First, there is a timeline of the history of
The Struggle for Women’s Rights in the 1800’s. Dorene Francis.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialed/lessons/women/women.htm.
An investigation into the rights women had during the 1800s and a look at those
who fought for more rights. This site provides a good background for the world
of The Awakening. Although Chopin wasn’t directly involved with the Women’s
Rights Movement, her writing reflects many of the ideas of the movement.
Students can make connections between Chopin and the Women’s Rights Movement by
exploring prominent figures during this era.
“A Woman Far Ahead of Her
Time.” Howard, Anne Bail. Anne Woodlief. English 384, Women Writers. 14 Jan.
2005
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng384/Kate_c.htm
This article provides a great background on Kate
Chopin as a woman and writer. Not only does it have biographical information,
it also discusses her writing and influences on her writing. As a teacher, one
could either use this information to introduce Kate Chopin in a lesson plan or
one could break up the sections on the site and have students read the
information and report to the class themselves.
Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Bibliography of Secondary Sources
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/chopinawakeningbib.htm
Extensive bibliography. (No links.)
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