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  1. 11. Adaptation and Original in the EFL-classroom : An Analysis of Different Versions of The Handmaid's Tale

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Carmen Toubia; [2020]
    Keywords : The Handmaid s Tale; Tjänarinnans berättelse; EFL-Classroom; Engelska klassrummet; Engelska; Didaktik; Analys; Orginal; Adaptation; Feminist; teori; Theory;

    Abstract : This qualitative study aims to examine the differences between Margaret Atwood’s novel and Bruce Miller’s adapted version of The Handmaid’s Tale by the application of adaptation, as well as, feminist theory. An additional aim is to investigate the didactic potential of using both the original version and the TV series adaptation in the EFL-classroom, this in relation to the Curriculum for English at upper secondary level. READ MORE

  3. 12. A Whole New World : A Reading of Deep Ecology in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Felicia Säfström; [2020]
    Keywords : Margaret Atwood; Oryx and Crake; Deep Ecology; Margaret Atwood; Oryx and Crake; Djupekologi;

    Abstract : This essay explores the theme of deep ecology in Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake. It analyzes how the novel deals with the topics of environmental disasters and the apocalypse. It describes humanity’s effect on the planet and how the inventions of the Crakers and the BlyssPluss pill can be seen as good things. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Complexity of Motherhood in Dystopian Novels : A comparative study of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Lois Lowry’s The Giver

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Nathalie Brandstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : motherhood; maternal love; Mirror Stage; objet petit a; backlash effect;

    Abstract : This study explores how motherhood is depicted in Margaret Atwood’s and Louis Lowry’s dystopian novels The Handmaid’s Tale and The Giver. It examines the negative social and psychological consequences of forced surrogacy in the novels’ state-constructed nuclear families, looking closely at a lack of maternal love and care. READ MORE

  5. 14. Hang on to the Words : Knowledge Tokens, Hierarchies, and Concurrent Narratives in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jack Appleton; [2020]
    Keywords : MaddAddam Trilogy; Atwood; Margaret; homosocial triangles; selfconstitution; fables; metanarratives; micronarratives;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy has received substantial critical attention inthe fields of ecocriticism, the ethics of bioengineering, and feminist theory. However, the vast majority of this criticism has focussed on Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, the first two books in the trilogy. READ MORE

  6. 15. A Work of Speculative Fiction : Intertextuality in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Solange Pawlak; [2019]
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