Kate Chopin and Edith Wharton
Writing Prompt: Kate Chopin and Edith Wharton wrote about the issues surrounding women, family, and women’s place in society. Choose one of the assigned stories. For your new discussion post, write a short essay of at least 300 words that points out and discusses one of those issues in the story you chose. Keep in mind that this new post is a Gordon Rule assignment, meaning that the quality of your writing as well as the length will be considered during the evaluation/grading process. Then, reply to at least 3 of your classmates to get full credit for this assignment. Replies can be 30-40 words.
Outside sources, sources other than the literature itself are not allowed in this course.
Kate Chopin & Edith Wharton
Authors’ Biographies:
Read about Kate Chopin’s life at the Kate Chopin International Society:
Read about Edith Wharton at EdithWharton.Org: http://www.edithwharton.org/edith-wharton/biography/
Reading Assignments:
Background:
The role of wife and mother in the late 19th century in mind:
http://www.loyno.edu/~kchopin/new/women/motherhood.html
As you read the three short stories linked below, keep what you have learned in mind.
Kate Chopin:
Read “The Story of an Hour”: http://www.katechopin.org/pdfs/Kate%20Chopin%2c%20The%20Story%20of%20an%20Hour.pdf
Read “Desirée’s Baby”: http://www.katechopin.org/pdfs/desirees-baby.pdf
Kate Chopin, Photographer Unknown, 1894
2
Edith Wharton:
Read “The Other Two”:
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wharton/edith/descent_of_man/chapter2.html
3
Works Cited
Felsenburgh, Julian. “Edith Wharton.” 1905. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. 12 Jun. 2013.
Web. 21 Dec. 2014.
Lhademmor. “Kate Chopin.” 1894. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. 12 Nov. 2007. Web 21
Dec. 2014.
KateChopin.Org. The Kate Chopin International Society. 21 Dec. 2014. Web. 21 Dec. 2014.
