Grand Isle resort

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Grand Isle resort is the fictional Gulf Coast vacation setting in Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel "The Awakening," where the protagonist begins her journey of self-discovery and rebellion against societal norms.

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Grand Isle resort canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
resort ⓘ
appearsIn The Awakening ⓘ
associatedWith Edna Pontellier ⓘ
female independence ⓘ
rebellion against societal norms ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
contrastedWith New Orleans home of Edna Pontellier ⓘ
countryContext United States literature ⓘ
createdBy Kate Chopin ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Herbert S. Stone & Company edition of The Awakening ⓘ
hasActivity music and conversation ⓘ
social visiting ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
hasLiteraryFunction catalyst for Edna Pontellier’s awakening ⓘ
hasMedium novel ⓘ
hasNarrativeRole starting point of Edna Pontellier’s inner transformation ⓘ
hasSeasonalSetting summer ⓘ
hasThemeConnection marriage and individuality ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
sexual awakening ⓘ
social conventions ⓘ
inhabitedBy Creole vacationers ⓘ
Madame Lebrun ⓘ
Robert Lebrun ⓘ
the Pontellier family ⓘ
linked to: Edna Pontellier
inspiredBy Grand Isle, Louisiana (real location) ⓘ
languageContext English-language fiction ⓘ
locatedOn Gulf Coast ⓘ
partOf setting of The Awakening ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1899 ⓘ
relatedConcept American South ⓘ
Creole culture ⓘ
vacation colony ⓘ
symbolizes escape from urban domestic life ⓘ
liminal space between freedom and constraint ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting late 19th century ⓘ
workGenreContext early feminist literature ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ

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1899 – The Awakening → openingSetting → Grand Isle resort ⓘ