Shamsoddin Royanian & Zeinab Yazdani The Edible Woman was written in the 1960s, when the society was dominated by men. In this period of time, post-war feminist movements were trying to conquer the patriarchal model of family and femininity and to distance themselves from the position of consumers. Traditional gender roles such as mother, wife,…
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Delineation of inner turmoil in Female Protagonists of Margaret Atwood and Shashi Deshpande (A special reference to The Handmaid’s Tale and That Long Silence
Dr. Nishi Bala Chauhan The comparative method of studying a piece of work invites a host of associations involving a great scope. A comparative study of literary works casts a qualitative impression on the readers and touches the fringe of their hearts. The variety of literatures reflects a regionally diverse and multicultural society. Atwood’s The…
Intertextuality in Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace
Abirami.V. Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace, is a brilliant example for intertextuality since it is a blend of fact and fiction. Atwood has reconstructed the nineteenth century historical fiction based on a felonious twin murder and this research paper delves into the historical and literary intertextuality focusing on the historical facts along with the fictional elements…
Margaret Atwood: Twenty-Five years of Gothic Tales
Dr. Behzad Pourgharib Assistant Professor of English English Department Golestan University, Golestan, Iran Nothing is more difficult than to understand the dead, I’ve found: but nothing is more dangerous than to ignore them. (The Blind Assassin 508). It may seem paradoxical that with all Margaret Atwood’s sex experiments with different narrative genres and her emphasis…