![]() ![]() ![]() Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote this piece in 1892, shortly after her own similar bout of mental illness. The motivations behind the “The Yellow Wallpaper” become strikingly clear when the author’s background is revealed. In contrast with the deconstructionist style of criticism, which focuses on the text, biographical criticism focuses on the author of the piece and their experiences and motivations in order to understand a work of literature. Today these same connotations do not exist and therefore a deconstructionist would argue that the meaning of this text has changed. ![]() Back in the nineteenth century, the word nervous seems most frequently attributed to women as if it is an unavoidable characteristic of the female nature. One word whose meaning has changed since the writing of this piece is “nervous.” The author seems to use this word as meaning an affliction or illness. ![]()
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