Margaret Atwood

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“…[T]he poetic function departs from the signified and the transcendental ego and makes of what is known as 'literature' something other than knowledge: the very place where social code is destroyed and renewed. 48 Kristeva calls this disruptive and heterogenous disposition semiotic and links it to the maternal chora, which is anterior to naming and to the father's law. 49 The narratives that Offred develops in the novel unsettle the constraints of Gilead and of civilisation in general, suggesting a rhythm that is multifaceted and polyphonic.…”

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An Intertextual Reading of the Politics of storytelling in The Edible Woman, Surfacing, The Handmaid’s Tale and Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

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2022

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My article explores how Margaret Atwood deconstructs dichotomous visions of women and proposes a reconstruction of women’s identity in the dominant socio political context, suggesting alternative aesthetic systems. This implies self-knowledge and acceptance of both the good and the bad side of their identity; the acknowledgement of this reality is required in order to survive. This acknowledgement engages the readers in a process of critical thinking about the world that surrounds them, that is, a world of language, though the story also refers to a ‘real’ world where things have happened and might occur again. Atwood’s technique of both referring to a physical world and revisiting myths, fairy tales and literary classics gives space to a rethinking of the rules and roles of the dominant society. At the same time, it questions the readers’ position in this world as well as power relations in society.

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Section: The Politics Of Storytelling In the Handmaid's Talementioning

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An Intertextual Reading of the Politics of storytelling in The Edible Woman, Surfacing, The Handmaid’s Tale and Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

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2022

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“…In the Republic of Gilead, women aren't whistled at on the street, men don't come climbing in the window in the middle of the night. "There are male bodies hanging on the Wall, while homosexuals, Roman Catholic priests and Quakers of both sexes are regularly executed, and male sexual activity is severely restricted as well" [7]. Women lead a communal life and they are supposed to feel great security.…”

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“…With the creation of the nightmarish atmosphere, the story unveils a feminist dystopian world which is "in the hands of a power-hungry elite who have used their own brand of 'Bible based' religion as an excuse for the suppression of the majority of the population" [7]. Rulers of the new state assume their power functioning to its totalitarian limit.…”

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“…"When describing the origins of her book, Atwood has acknowledged a variety of influences both literary and historical, though always emphasizing contemporary social issues and anxieties. She kept a clippings file of items form newspapers and magazines which fed directly into her writing" [7]. The feminist dystopia described in The Handmaid's Tale is not far from us.…”

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The Nightmarish World of Gilead—An Analysis of the Dystopian World in The Handmaid’s Tale

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2017

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A twood, M argaret

Sugars¹

2010

The Encyclopedia of Twentieth‐Century Fiction

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“We need to know about here, because here is where we live,” wrote Margaret Atwood in her landmark literary manifesto, Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972b, 19). Atwood has contributed to that literature in myriad ways, becoming the twentieth century's most celebrated and well‐known Canadian writer. It is not an exaggeration to say that Atwood put Canada on the literary map. She was a central voice in the late 1960s and early 1970s, promoting the importance of Canadian national identity against the cultural inferiority complex that had come to dominate Canadian society, particularly in relation to the United States. Survival became something of a rallying cry to writers and readers of that generation. However, it is not only the politics of Canadian nationalism that has informed Atwood's writing. She has taken on many of the political and social issues of her time, including women's equality, violence against women, totalitarianism, religious fundamentalism, environmentalism, genetic modification, American cultural imperialism, consumerism, freedom of speech, authors' rights, Amnesty International, and many more. Atwood is an enviably multitalented writer and thinker: a poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, editor, satirist, children's author, painter and illustrator, cultural commentator, and mentor to numerous Canadian writers.

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Margaret Atwood

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An Intertextual Reading of the Politics of storytelling in The Edible Woman, Surfacing, The Handmaid’s Tale and Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

An Intertextual Reading of the Politics of storytelling in The Edible Woman, Surfacing, The Handmaid’s Tale and Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

The Nightmarish World of Gilead—An Analysis of the Dystopian World in The Handmaid’s Tale

A twood, M argaret

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