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Study Questions on Elizabeth LeBlanc
,
“The Metaphorical Lesbian: Edna Pontellier in
The Awakening
”
1. What, according to LeBlanc, defines a “metaphorical
lesbian”? In general (rather than in terms of her specific
argument about
The Awakening
) what does she think is useful about such a concept?
2. Why, specifically, does LeBlanc argue that Edna should be
seen as a “metaphorical lesbian”?
3. What ways of understanding Edna is LeBlanc’s argument
meant to challenge?
Study Questions on Cynthia Griffin Wolff, “Un-utterable
Longing: The Discourse of Feminine Sexuality in Kate
Chopin's
The Awakening
”
1. According to Wolff, what are some of the obstacles that make
Edna’s “quest for a viable and acceptable mode of owning and
expressing her sexuality”(384)?
2. What does Wolff mean when she says that Edna is “habitually
drawn” to “narrative conventions [that are] formulaic”(388)?
3. At the conclusion of the essay, Wolff says “Edna has
failed”(393). At what, according to Wolff, has Edna “failed”?
Why?

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