The Awakening | Study Guide

Kate Chopin

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Overview

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Author

Kate Chopin

Year Published

1899

Type

Novel

Genre

Drama

Perspective and Narrator

The events of The Awakening are told from a third-person omniscient point of view.

Tense

Kate Chopin's The Awakening is written in the past tense.

About the Title

Edna Pontellier, the main character in The Awakening, "awakens" to a greater awareness of her true self over the course of the novel.

Summary

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