"La Belle Zoraïde"

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"La Belle Zoraïde" is a short story by Kate Chopin that explores themes of love, race, and maternal loss in Creole New Orleans society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author Kate Chopin
containsMotif madness
romantic idealization
storytelling within a story
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores intersections of race and gender
power relations between mistress and enslaved woman
psychological trauma of maternal separation
featuresCharacter La Belle Zoraïde’s child
Madame Delisle
M’sieur Ambroise
Zoraïde
genre literary fiction
regionalist fiction
short fiction
hasCriticalDiscussionOn Creole racial classifications
maternal deprivation in slavery
representation of Black and mixed-race women
sentimental and realist narrative strategies
language English
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism

local color writing
narrativePerspective framed narrative
partOfAuthorOeuvre Kate Chopin’s New Orleans and Creole stories
protagonist Zoraïde
protagonistEthnicity mixed-race woman
protagonistSocialStatus enslaved woman
setInSociety Creole slaveholding society
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation New Orleans
settingRegion Creole New Orleans
studiedIn African American studies courses
American literature courses
postcolonial literature courses
women’s literature courses
theme Creole society
love
maternal loss
motherhood
race
slavery
social hierarchy
timePeriodOfSetting antebellum South

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Bayou Folk notableStory "La Belle Zoraïde"