http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/feminist-literature Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:57:38 -0400 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:57:38 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1732/challenging-the-gender-dichotomy-in-the-victorian-era-reading-hemingways-up-in-michigan-and-mansfields-frau-brechenmacher-together By Kimberly Taylor - Sexual violence and coercion became hot topics in 2017, with endless headlines. However, these problems and issues are not new, nor are they confined to a single segment of society. Rather, they have longstanding roots within patriarchal society viewing the sexes as opposite ends of an oppositional dichotomy. This dichotomy is highlighted in two short stories, one by Hemingway and one by Katherine Mansfield. These stories contextualize sexual violence and coercion within Victorian era patriarchal societies revealing the perceived and taught active male/passive female dichotomy such societies were... Thu, 22 Mar 2018 03:50 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1732/challenging-the-gender-dichotomy-in-the-victorian-era-reading-hemingways-up-in-michigan-and-mansfields-frau-brechenmacher-together http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/892/visibility-for-women-in-the-works-of-george-eliot-and-virginia-woolf By Emily Caliendo - When examining the works of both George Eliot and Virginia Woolf, many critics are quick to assess the credibility and quality of characters based on how they react to the external experiences they are faced with in their imaginary worlds. However, this way of thinking serves as an injustice to both authors. Rather than finding truth in what goes on externally in these imagined worlds and judging characters’ perceptions by their relative proximity, readers should instead understand that Eliot and Woolf’s works demonstrate that subjective experience determines reality. These authors... Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:38 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/892/visibility-for-women-in-the-works-of-george-eliot-and-virginia-woolf http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/657/kate-chopins-the-awakening-struggle-against-society-and-nature By Megan P. Kaplon - The “four cardinal virtues [were] piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Put them together and they spelled mother, daughter, sister, wife—woman” (Welter qtd. Papke 11). This definition of self in connection with others is what prevents Edna from allowing herself to follow Adele’s example. She tries to explain these reservations about loss of identity to Adele. “I would give my money, I would give my life for my children, but I wouldn’t give myself” (Chopin 53). Adele fails to understand Edna’s search for individuality, and Edna must look... Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/657/kate-chopins-the-awakening-struggle-against-society-and-nature http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/646/zora-neale-hurstons-sweat-and-the-black-female-voice-the-perspective-of-the-african-american-woman By Marion C. Burke - Zora Neale Hurston is the author of the acclaimed short story Sweat. The story was published in 1926, an incredible accomplishment considering the obstacles faced by black female authors at the time. Viewing the piece through the lens of feminist literary criticism, the effect of Hurston’s black female identity on her writing is analyzed.Hurston’s gender and race have undoubtedly shaped the story, imbuing its content with a deep political statement on social inequality.However, this paper argues that the quality of Zora Neale Hurston's writing, which in this case takes the... Wed, 23 May 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/646/zora-neale-hurstons-sweat-and-the-black-female-voice-the-perspective-of-the-african-american-woman http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market By Misty M. Hill - The inconclusive gesture first of all shows that he is neither decisive nor forceful as you might expect a man to be. Secondly, it shows his irrelevance to the families eating, he does not need to be present for the family to eat, and it appears Mrs Pontellier is unconcerned by the prospect of the absent husband at meal time, as she ‘laughed, nodding good-by to him.’ (1994:5) But it is also suggested that he is an unreliable provider. On parting from his children he ‘promised to bring them back bonbons and peanuts,’ (1994:5) whilst tellingly on his return he ‘had... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/152/the-relevance-of-food-to-representations-of-gender-in-the-awakening-and-goblin-market