Task:
In this first post, you will do background reading on the author of The Awakening, Kate Chopin, as well as what life was like for women during the Victorian era.
Questions to consider for reading on Victorian women:
- What were the different functions assigned to men and women? What were they based on?
- What was the role of marriage in a woman's life? Children?
- What happened to a woman after she married?
- How was the role of motherhood viewed during this time?
- How were mothers viewed by men?
- How was justice administered in regards to women?
- How was sex (yes that kind of sex) viewed in regards to women?
- What were girls taught from an early age?
Questions to consider for reading on Chopin's background:
- Where were many of her stories published?
- Was her work well received during her life?
- What is something interesting about The Awakening?
- When did her work become known around the world?
- Briefly summarize her childhood.
- Who did she marry and where did she live?
- What happened to her and her husband?
- How did she die?
- What is she known as today?
Posting Criteria:
This post should do the following:
- Thoroughly answer all of the questions above (20 points)
- Be edited for clarity and writing conventions (20 points)
- Be turned in on time (20 points)
- Layout is aesthetically neat and appealing (20 points)
Total Homework Points Possible: 80
Due: Wednesday 2/8/17
Due: Wednesday 2/8/17
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