Lin’s Quest for Space in Nancy Huston’s “Slow Emergencies”

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Feminism is born from women’s desire to have a fair and equal treatment with men. Feminists have been vociferously fighting against the laws of patriarchy which had silenced and victimized womanhood. They advocate and promote a humanist attitude towards women with egalitarian perspectives, the gender inequality being a social and cultural construction. Women’s increasing consciousness provides new dimensions to their role in this modern world. To the modern woman, the quest for identity is the main concern. She is beginning to create a Space for her existence. Nancy Huston’s “ Slow Emergencies ” explores the story of a married woman who is torn between domestic love and professional love. Her anxiety and obsession of losing her identity forces her to make a daring move. This paper focuses on women’s strong desire to carve a niche ,the much yearned space in this new world Main body: One is not born a woman But rather becomes a woman. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex.