AbstractThis thesis delves into the feminism in Kate Chopin's The Awakening
The Awakeing is a most important piece of fiction about the sexual life of a woman written to date in American
It enlightened the feminist movermnet,daringly reflects the theme of sex,and expresses the awakening of women's sexual consciousness and self-consciousness and their seeking for independent human dignity
However,when first published in 1899,it met with widespread hostile criticism because of its theme
Not only the book was removed from the library shelves in St
Louis ,but also Chopin herself was rejected membership in the St
Louis Fine Art Club becasue of the novel
Fortunately ,it returned to the spot light becasue of the research work carried out by two European schloars so years later
After that ,people