凯特.肖邦(Kate Chopin)(1851—1904)出生于圣路易斯城。其代表作长篇小说《觉醒》1899年问世以来,因为塑造了一位追求独立的女性,在当时受到了强烈的抨击。随着女权运动的兴起,她的作品被公认为美国女权文学最早的代表性作品。同时,肖邦还是美国现实主义的代表,努力展示生活的 Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was born in St. Louis. His representative novel “Awakening” came out in 1899, because it created a woman seeking independence and was strongly attacked at that time. With the rise of the feminist movement, her works are widely recognized as the earliest representative works of feminist literature in the United States. At the same time, Chopin is also a representative of American realism, trying to showcase his life