![]() In The Bean Trees, Taylor Greer moves across Kentucky and through Oklahoma, landing in Tucson with a baby who will change her emotional geography. Her narratives also orchestrate the play between inner and outer landscapes. Tension emerges as her female characters seek synthesis, a coming together that will meld place, memory, and the present moment to create personal identity. Kingsolver’s work departs from the punitive mold. In both instances, female writers highlight the tension between an individual and society to suggest women’s dilemmas finding legitimate voices and strengths in their lives and times. Often these Bildungsromane reiterate a main female character’s struggle with the patriarchal response to her journey, as in The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin, or emphasize the price in intimacy and passionate relationships a woman pays for fully developing her skills, as in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! (1913). ![]() Many books by women that incorporate such a quest portray punishment for women who explore issues of sexuality or who discover meaningful work in the world. The main character ventures forth to develop herself and find her place in her community. ![]() April 8, 1955) long fiction is best characterized as contemporary versions of the Bildungsroman with a feminist twist. By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on Decemīarbara Kingsolver’s (born. ![]()
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