Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale, engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the...
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Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale, engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the novel and encourages you to engage with key questions and readings in your reading of the text. It includes discussion of key themes and concepts including: - Representation of women's roles, gender, sexuality and power - Language, style and form - Dystopias and genre fictions - Power, control and religious fundamentalism. Combining helpful guidance on reading Atwood's text with overviews of significant stylistic and thematic issues and an introduction to criticism, this is an ideal companion to reading and studying A Handmaid's Tale. Intro -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- GENRE FICTIONS -- CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS -- CANADIAN WRITING -- CULTURAL CONTEXTS AND ISSUES -- WOMEN AND FEMINISM -- LANGUAGE, STYLE AND FORM. NARRATIVE PRACTICES -- DYSTOPIAS AND GENRE FICTIONS - THEIR FOCUS AND CHARACTERISTICS -- POWER AND RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM -- KEY CHARACTERS -- CHAPTER SUMMARIES -- I. Night -- II. Shopping -- III. Night -- IV. Waiting room -- V. Nap -- VI. Household -- VII. Night -- VIII. Birth Day -- IX. Night -- X. Soul Scrolls -- XI. Night -- XII. Jezebel's -- XIII. Night -- XIV. Salvaging -- XV. Night -- HISTORICAL NOTES -- QUESTIONS -- 4. Reception and Influence -- RANGE, KIND AND TIMING OF CRITICAL RESPONSES -- DYSTOPIA AND SCIENCE FICTION -- WOMEN'S ROLES, MEN'S ROLES AND FEMINISM -- LANGUAGE AND STORYTELLING -- POWER AND FREEDOM -- RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM -- CHAPTER 1: CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW OF THEMES -- CHAPTER 3: READING THE HANDMAID'S TALE -- CHAPTER 4: RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE -- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING.
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Quotations and Abbreviations; 1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading The Handmaid's Tale; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Guide to Further Reading; Index
Atwood's The handmaid's tale
a reader's guide
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Continuum, London
Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale, engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the...
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Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale, engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the novel and encourages you to engage with key questions and readings in your reading of the text. It includes discussion of key themes and concepts including:. - Representation of women's roles, gender, sexuality and power. - Language, style and form. - Dystopias and genre fictions. - Power, control and religious fundamentalism. Combining helpful guidan