Perspectives
Next, we will help you put “Weekend” by Fay Weldon in perspective by looking at the literary period and similar works.
Literary period
Fay Weldon’s “Weekend” is a feminist piece of fiction. Literary feminism began to develop at the end of the 19th century. Feminist literature focuses on the position of women in society and tries to highlight discriminatory attitudes or to promote women’s rights through fictional narratives.
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Works with the same theme
For the themes of gender roles and sexism we recommend the short stories “The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife” by Ernest Hemingway, “Tell the women we're going” by Raymond Carver, and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
“The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife” explores female and male attitudes towards conflict and parenthood. The story follows the conflict between a doctor and a few Native Americans that he...
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