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
Edna Pontellier
surface form: the Pontellier family
inspiredBy Grand Isle, Louisiana
surface form: Grand Isle, Louisiana (real location)
languageContext English-language fiction
locatedOn Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast
partOf setting of The Awakening
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1899
relatedConcept Southern United States
surface form: 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