Munro Literature Reflection

When I think about literature, I get quite excited. When I pick up a novel, poem or a short story I posses the ability to travel in time and not only explore the past, present and future but I also am exposed to the worlds issues and dilemmas that I would perhaps never considered. The best part about studying literature, is that we get to study it in depth. Upon the assistance of rhetorical devices, literary techniques and elements we are able to dissect a text and get down to core, alongside that we as literature students are able to go into the world with open eyes and have a better understanding of those around us. Through studying women’s literature we are able to understand exactly how they have been oppressed and how that slowly they have been released from Male dominance and the scrutiny of society. The themes and values of Munro’s social realism is significant during the 1950s-1980s because in her work, Munro presents how women struggle everyday to meet societies standards. During the 50s to 80s it was all about the empowerment of women and their equal rights and achievements. Although Munro does not identify herself as a feminist, her work has contributed to gender equality by expressing to society what women have gone through and continue to go through over the years, whilst also displaying how they muster up the courage and strength to fight for themselves and their rights. I find Alice Munro's work very refreshing, although various authors have spoken about the oppression of women Munro presents it in a form where her readers are able to both relate and engage with her work and truly begin to understand the struggle women have and continue to go through. Reading a few of Munro's works has really opened my eyes, I knew that women had been subjected to oppression and that they had been restricted from being their true selves and branching off and doing what they desire. Munro’s work has the ability to genuinely resonate with her readers as she writes about past and current events and experiences that we all have come across in some points of our lives.