ENG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Yellow Wallpaper, Roland Barthes, Boredom
10 Sep 2017
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Focus on control of women (represented by an individual woman in gilman"s. These abstracts are gendered- logic/reason are seen as somehow naturally. Masculine"; conversely, fancy" or imagination and mental volatility are seen as somehow feminine" (hysteria is linked etymologically [the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning] to women"s bodies) Hysteria in the 19th century, thought to be an ailment particular to women" importance of the female body as site of gothic horror. Kate chopin was an only child, born on feb. 8, 1850. Her father was a successful st. louis merchant and her mother was the daughter of an old (established) aristocratic family. After her father died, kate became very close to her mother and grandmother. Chopin received a formal education at the academy of the scared heart in st. While in school she enjoyed music, reading and writing, and both learned. French and german so well that she became fluent in both languages.
