Enforcing Patriarchal Values : A socialist feminist analysis of the characters of Offred and Serena Joy in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale

Enforcing Patriarchal Values : A socialist feminist analysis of the characters of Offred and Serena Joy in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale

This essay shows how Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) functions as a critique of patriarchal society as it depicts a dystopic, dismantled society where women are divided into societal groups on biological grounds. Based on socialist feminist literary theory, an analysis is carried...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jonsson, Andrea
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013) 2018
Subjects:
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale
dystopia
feminism
socialist feminism
color symbolism
Tjänarinnans berättelse
dystopi
socialistisk feminism
färgsymbolik
Specific Literatures
Litteraturstudier
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