A Point at Issue! | Style

Impressionism
In her article for Modern American Women Writers, Wai-chee Dimock notes Chopin’s impressionistic style in many of her works including The Awakening. She argues that ‘‘things are transitory in her writings—nothing is fixed, irrevocable, or predetermined.’’ As a result, Dimock insists, ‘‘there is no last word in Chopin. Light and shadows play in her fiction; moods come and go. Nothing stands still, and everything could have been otherwise.’’ Chopin uses this technique in ‘‘A Point at Issue!’’ when she focuses on...

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