Essays about: "Nathalie Brandstedt"

Found 1 essay containing the words Nathalie Brandstedt.

  1. 1. 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