Feminist Revolt In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) And Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973)

Résumé: This dissertation is a comparative study of two literary works, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) and Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973). The purpose of this research has been to show how the two authors portray both American and Afro-American women’s revolt in patriarchal societies. This comparative study has been achieved by applying Pierre Bourdieu’s theory Masculine Domination (1998) and bell hooks’ Feminist Theory from margin to center (1984). The basic premise of this research is that despite the fact that the events of two fictions occur in different periods of time in The United States, the writers converge in their depiction of American and Afro-American women’s revolt against sexism, social norms, and male dominance in order to gain self-identity and live free. The two authors portray white and black women suffering from discrimination, injustice, and inequality by patriarchal system. They have described how these women rebel and resist patriarchy. These two theories have permitted us to study the two literary works in relation to revolt and freedom. The present research has been divided in to three chapters.

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