A Spiritual Feminist Literary Reading of Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Consciousness, Ethical Agency, and Incomplete Becoming

This paper applies Spiritual Feminist Literature (SFL) to Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, examining Edna Pontellier’s gendered condition, consciousness, self-recognition, ethical agency, transformation, and incomplete becoming. It argues that Edna undergoes genuine transformation, but her awakening does not produce sustainable freedom or complete ethical resolution.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-08
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22651772
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Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis
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A Spiritual Feminist Literary Reading of Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Consciousness, Ethical Agency, and Incomplete Becoming

Mukata Dangi
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis
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A Spiritual Feminist Literary Reading of Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Consciousness, Ethical Agency, and Incomplete Becoming

Mukata Dangi
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This paper applies Spiritual Feminist Literature (SFL) to Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, examining Edna Pontellier’s gendered condition, consciousness, self-recognition, ethical agency, transformation, and incomplete becoming. It argues that Edna undergoes genuine transformation, but her awakening does not produce sustainable freedom or complete ethical resolution.

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