O universo feminino em Miss Brill e A pair of silk stockings: crise existencial e busca por liberdade

Abstract

Starting from the analysis of the short stories “Miss Brill”, by Katherine Mansfield, and “A Pair of Silk Stockings”, by Kate Chopin, the present article intends to discuss the representation of women from the perspective of feminist theory, taking into account how these writers write the woman, we can say that their characters are no longer objects of literary texts, they became active participants of the narrative, these women are protagonists in their stories.