The Awakening from Patriarchal Numbness for Salvation, Equality, and Sovereignty in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"

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Bachelor Thesis from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: Bachelor Degree, University of Algiers 2 (Tam High School), course: American literature, language: English, abstract: The examined novel "The Awakening" (1899), by Kate Chopin, is categorized as a main title in feminist literature. It is considered one of the first novels in American literature that proclaim for women's issues. The main purpose of this thesis is studying how Chopin undertakes the protagonist's struggle between her non-traditional ideas, her will for freedom, equality with men, and sovereignty in a male-defined society controlled by the late nineteenth-century ideals. This thesis reveals that Edna is able to rebel against her masters and traditions due to massive awakenings she lives and goes through in the novel.