Kate-Chopin

KateChopin--atalentedandprofoundwomanwriterofthe19th-centuryAmericaIntroduction•KateChopin'slife•Herliteraryachievements•HerworksKateChopin'slife•KateChopin--KatherineO'Flaherty凯萨琳·欧福拉赫蒂•Born--February8,1850•St.Louis,Missouri,UnitedStates•Died--August22,1904(aged53)•Shediedfromabrainhemorrhage(脑出血).KateChopinHerFamily•Herfather,ThomasO'Flaherty,wasasuccessfulbusinessmanwhohademigratedfromGalway,Ireland.•Hermother,ElizaFaris,wasawell-connectedmemberoftheFrenchcommunityinSt.Louis.•Hermaternalgrandmother,AthénaïseCharleville,wasaFrenchCanadiandescent.•Shewasthethirdoffivechildren.•Afterherfather'sdeathin1855,Katedevelopedacloserelationshipwithhermother,grandmother,andhergreat-grandmother.•Shealsobecameanavidreaderoffairytales,poetry,andreligiousallegories,aswellasclassicalandcontemporarynovels.•In1870,attheageoftwenty,shemarriedOscarChopin,whoisthesonofawealthycotton-growingfamilyinLouisiana.Aftertheirmarriage,shehadfiveboysandtwogirls.Oscardiedofswampfever(疟疾)in1882.•Shewaswell-knownasbothalocalcoloristandawomanwriter,andhadpublishedoveronehundredstories,essays,andsketchedinliterarymagazines.•Asawriter,KateChopinwroteveryrapidlyandwithoutmuchrevision.Sheusuallyworkedinherhomesurroundedbyherchildren.LiteraryAchievements•Occupation--Novelist,shortstorywriter•Genres--realisticfiction•KateChopinwasanAmericanauthorofshortstoriesandnovels.Sheisnowconsideredasaforerunneroffeministauthorsofthe20thcentury.•From1892to1895,shewroteshortstoriesforbothchildrenandadultswhichwerepublishedinsuchmagazinesasAtlanticMonthly,TheCenturyMagazine,andTheYouth'sCompanion.Indeed,everythingwasinChopin'sfavor,andshemovedsmoothlyontheroadtoherliterarysuccess,reapingmoreandmoreliteraryreputation.Daringasshewasinhandingsomeshockingsubjectssuchassex,extramaritallove(婚外情)，femaleselfhoodandsuicide(自杀),etc.So,onceTheAwakeningwaspublished,therecameabatteryofunfavorable,evenhostilereviews.ThisliterarystormcamesoviolentlyandsointolerablythatChopin'sliterarycareerwasabruptlyended.ThestoryofKateChopinisoneofthesaddestpagesinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Works•TheStoryofanHour(1894)--《一小时的故事》•TheStorm(1898)--《暴风》•AtFault(1890)--《咎》•TheAwakening(1899)--《觉醒》