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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"The Handmaid's Tale"”.
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The role of language in constructing consciousness in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
… between thought and language -- Whorf's hypothesis of linguistic determinism -- Linguistic relativism -- Sociopolitics, oppression, and language.
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Open Endings and Questionable Liberation in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace, Cat 's Eye, and The Handmaid's Tale
This thesis project discusses the literary work of Margaret Atwood, specifically highlighting Alias Grace (1996), Cat's Eye (1989), and The Handmaid's Tale (1986). As part of the discussion, the project considers Michel Foucault's theories on how power and discourse shape the individual and Sigmund …
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Maids in Their-Land: A Study of the Effects of the Cult of True Womanhood on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
The "cult of true womanhood," as it came to be called by many modem day feminist critics, began in the early 1800's and thrived until it was trampled by the social and sexual revolution of the 1920's. According to the philosophy of true womanhood, the four basic feminine virtues necessary to being …
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"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum": Reproduction and Resistance in Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood, and the Alien Series
This thesis proposes a comparative study of Octavia E. Butlers Xenogenesis trilogy (1987-89), Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (1985), and the Alien series (1979-97). I argue that these three texts resist patriarchal oppression upon the female fertile body. I examine how they rewrite and …
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Eugenic Utopia or Postmodern Peril? A Discussion of the Ethics of Reproductive Technology
<p>This essay analyzes the ethical questions raised by those who use surrogacy, fertility drugs, and/or various laboratory procedures in order to bear children. The overriding theme is the part that selfish, indifferent individualism characteristic of a present-day liberal democracy plays in …
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Storied Memories: Memory as Resistance in Contemporary Women's Literature
<p>This dissertation examines the power for resistance contained within narratives of personal memory. By applying current psychological concepts of autobiographical memory theory to eight contemporary women's novels, Carole Maso's The Art Lover; Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; Dorothy …
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The evolution of feminist utopias
The genre of feminist utopias has its origin in the first wave of feminism which rose up in the late nineteenth century. This dissertation follows the evolution the genre, focusing on the changes it reflects in the strategies of utopian writing and, more specifically, on the developments that have …