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Suitable for High School Seniors?

by RC

Sep 1, 2013

I was wondering if Kate Chopin's THE AWAKENING was suitable for high school seniors to read? I have read the novel and like how it deals with women's wants and societal standings in a time before suffrage. However, at the time of its publication it was considered rather risque. I was wondering if it would be a suitable novel for juniors and seniors in today's high school. Even though it deals with a woman having an affair it does not have explicit language or scenes. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Lit Teacher On 9/01/13, RC wrote: > I was wondering if Kate Chopin's THE AWAKENING was suitable > for high school seniors to read? I have read the novel and > like how it deals with women's wants and societal standings > in a time before suffrage. However, at the time of its > publication it was considered rather risque. I was wondering > if ...See More

Sep 2, 2013

Nikki The Awakening is taught quite often at the junior level, at least to advanced level students. I know I read it in my 11th grade AP English class, and my department also teaches it to 11th grade AP English. I've never heard a single complaint about it being risque or the portrayal or African-Americans. Students at that age are mature enough to place...See MoreThe Awakening is taught quite often at the junior level, at least to advanced level students. I know I read it in my 11th grade AP English class, and my department also teaches it to 11th grade AP English. I've never heard a single complaint about it being risque or the portrayal or African-Americans. Students at that age are mature enough to place literature in historical context; and if they're not, then they are past the age to learn.

On 9/02/13, Lit Teacher wrote: > On 9/01/13, RC wrote: >> I was wondering if Kate Chopin's THE AWAKENING was suitable >> for high school seniors to read? I have read the novel and >> like how it deals with women's wants and societal standings >> in a time before suffrage. However, at the time of its >> publication it was considered rather risque. I was wondering >> if it would be a suitable novel for juniors and seniors in >> today's high school. Even though it deals with a woman >> having an affair it does not have explicit language or >> scenes. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > Interesting choice. It was considered shocking in its time - > not rather risque and Kate Chopin's career 'went into the > toilet' as we say now after that book. People turned away from > her - she had gone too far. > > I'm not sure the book could translate very well in these times > and for teenagers. As a historical piece, The Awakening is > powerful but to understand it as a historical piece, you need > to know a great deal of nuanced history and grasp the nuances > of the book one of which is that the main character Edna fell > in love with a young man who was also in love with her but in > the physical sense - they did not have an affair. Kids today > will not understand Edna's affair as a real affair. > > That said, I wonder - do you have African American students? > They won't be happy or comfortable with the way the novel > portrays African Americans. > > All that said, I read The Awakening in a graduate level > literature course on Feminist Literature of the Late 19th > Century. It's an interesting choice for high school. I'd be > really curious - what kind of a class would you use the book > in and what's the goal of your class? I don't think Chopin's > writing is powerful in and of itself - it's what she's writing > about that makes her writing powerful.

Sep 5, 2013

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