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Foucault informs Kate Chopin's short fiction.
Abstract
My essay discusses Michel Foucault's theory on power in relation to Kate Chopin's "The Storm" and "Desiree's Baby." I argue that due to reversals of power, Chopin's oppressed female protagonists challenge patriarchal structures and position themselves outside of the strict social and moral codes of the nineteenth century that Foucault alludes to in The History of Sexuality. Teachers of literature will find my paper useful because it approaches short fiction from historical, social, and gender-based perspectives.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Foucault informs Kate Chopin's short fiction.