[Professor]
After more than a century, Kate Chopin’s literary works are still relevant especially to the spectrum of feminist and women’s movements across the globe. She is well known for defying the status quo of writing in the 20th century and she bravely faced the ire of many critics particularly in her novel “The Awakening.” Countless knives were thrown to her once the novel was published in 1899 as critics during that time consider the literary as unholy and immoral for presenting freedom through indulging sexual desires forbidden by the law and the society. This novel however Continue reading...