A comparative study between the female characters in The Storm and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

Authors

  • Vanessa de Deus ROCHA Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30620/gz.v6n1.p59

Keywords:

Female resistance, Comparative literature, Kate Chopin

Abstract

This paper is a comparative study between the female characters in The Storm and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, unveiling the female act of resistance on 19th century. Although her books are sometimes considered as shallow because they have female characters basically trying to get married, it is pertinent to look closer to understand what would happen to a woman who did not marry in that period and also to comprehend her writing as a way to say women are not pleased with this life style, however she could not have written such things in a clearer way, otherwise her books would certainly not be published at all. The narratives subscribe very independent women able to survive without the support of any male figure.

[Recebido: 20 dez. 2017 – Aceito: 12 fev. 2018]

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Author Biography

Vanessa de Deus ROCHA, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Mestranda em Estudos Linguísticos e Literários pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Possui Pós Graduação em Metodologia de Ensino e Pesquisa na Educação em Língua Inglesa pela Faculdade Católica de Anápolis e graduação em Letras com Habilitação em Língua Inglesa pela Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB).

References

CHOPIN, Kate. The Storm. 1898.

CHOPIN, Kate. The Story of an Hour. 1894.

CLARK, Pamela. Biography. Available: https://www.katechopin.org/biography. Accessed on June 10th.

NOTES, SPARK. The Story of an Hour: Themes Available: http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/the-story-of-anhour/themes.html. Accessed on June 10th.

Shmoop Editorial Team. "Whiteness in The Storm." Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 20 Jun. 2017.

WYATT, Neal. Biography of Kate Chopin. Available: http://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/webtexts/hour/katebio.html. . Accessed on June, 12th.

Published

2018-04-09

How to Cite

ROCHA, V. de D. A comparative study between the female characters in The Storm and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin. Grau Zero – Revista de Crítica Cultural, Alagoinhas-BA: Fábrica de Letras - UNEB, v. 6, n. 1, p. 59–73, 2018. DOI: 10.30620/gz.v6n1.p59. Disponível em: https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzero/article/view/4803. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.