Mrs. Ermis
ENGL 1302-011
4 November 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Bogard, Carley Rees. "The Awakening: A Refusal to Compromise." The University of Michigan Papers in Women 's Studies 2.3 (1977): 15-31. Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major Authors from Gale 's Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. Literature Resource Center. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.
Carley Bogard presents the criticism of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening by examining the main character, Edna Pontellier. She argues the basic conflict of how Edna experiences the tension of sexual initiation while struggling for self-assertion and identity. In my research paper I will use this source to represent how The Awakening shows the theme of oppression of self-identity. I will incorporate this source as one of my examples for analyzing the theme of oppression of self-identity. …show more content…
Walker. The Awakening: Complete, Authoritative Text with
Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five
Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Boston: Bedford of St. Martin 's, 1993. Print.
Nancy Walker she describes the definition of feminist criticism. Walker defines feminist criticism that can come in many forms and have a variety of goals. She also translates the definition of deconstruction and how it can have the reputation for being the most complex and forbidding of contemporary critical approaches to literature. Lastly she outlines how deconstruction is used in The Awakening. I will use this source to help represent the main idea of feminist criticism in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
Cunningham, Mark. "The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin 's 'Story of an Hour '." English Language Notes 42.1 (Sept. 2004): 48-55. Rpt.