Vic-Literature+Outside+of+Great+Britain+(if+5+members)

**Victorian Literature Outside of Great Britain**

The Victorian Era began after Queen Victoria's reign. The principles of this era were focused mainly to escape the previous Romantic period principles. Loose principles were reigned in and the Victorian Era was based on structure and modesty. The women's roles in society underwent a change as the Industrial Revolution was ushered in. Outside of Great Britain, the rest of the world demonstrated the Victorian Era through the same principles in their literature. In Victorian Period, feminism launched because of the shift toward modernism. Women were concerned with their fashion, which was very modest, yet elegant, with corsettes and lace.

-The American Victorian Era was influenced by the situation after the Civil War, from 1861-1865. -As feminism became prominent, Kate Chopin is recognized as one of the greatest American Victorian writer with her feminism. She was the author of two novels and numerous short stories, poetry and art. As the principle of women's roles changing, she focused on the struggle in a society dominated by men. Chopin was from Louisiana and is considered to have foreshadowed the feminiism movement in the 20th century.
 * AMERICAN VICTORIAN LITERATURE/POETRY**

American art and literature was greatly influenced by Great Britain during the Victorian era (see “art and literature in the UK”). In addition, many fields of art in the American Victorian era were to a certain point influenced by circumstances during and in the aftermath of the Civil War (1861-65). Writers used the war as a backdrop for their literary writings about American characters. For artists, art and literature became an important way of expressing their opinions about the war.
 * Art and literature**

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was an American author, considered by many as a forerunner of American feminist authors. Her literary career was short, but she managed to write two novels, more than 150 short stories and sketches, and a great amount of poetry, reviews and criticism. In her literary works, she often focused on understanding and analyzing issues of society, particularly putting much emphasis on women’s struggle in a male-dominated society. She is most famous for her short novel The Awakening (1899), in which she describes a young woman’s psychological and sexual awakening.
 * Kate Chopin**

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