Defying Gender Stereotypes： Juana Eclipsing Kino in John Steinbecks The Pearl.docVIP

Defying Gender Stereotypes： Juana Eclipsing Kino in John Steinbecks The Pearl 　　[a]Assistant professor. English Literature， Department of English Language and Literature， College of Languages and Translation， Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University， Riyadh， Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 　　Abstract 　　The representation of female characters in the fiction of John Steinbeck has become a topic of scholarly interest as early as his first novel Cup of Gold. His women characters are always drawn as stereotypically far too inferior to men， something that is illustrated through the subordinate，