‘SHE DOES NOT OBEY NORMS; SHE IS A WOMAN’ HUMANISM AND FEMINISM IN THE VEGETARIAN AND THE

NATURAL WAY OF THINGS

Primary texts:
The project will explore the humanism and feminism in the novels The Vegetarian and The
Natural Way of Things. In the world, women are not always treated better and equal to men THE VEGETARIAN
and even sometimes not even considered a human being. The study will also elaborate why BY
society is so misogynistic and even inhumane for women with different personalities HAN KANG

THE NATURAL WAY OF

THINGS
Research Questions BY
CHARLOTTE WOOD
• Why male characters trampled female and human rights?

• What are the factors that society could not accept females with
different personalities and desires?

• According to humanism and feminism, what rights could be given to female

protagonists? METHODOLOGY:
• Why did Yeong Hye in The Vegetarian and Yolanda and other women in The Close critical analysis of the
Natural Way of things submit to the misogynistic and merciless society and literary text and checking the
act as weak women by ending their own lives and being part of nature ? theories in data

Creative writing: writing two short

stories

Short comparison analysis of

theories