The Handmaid’s Tale – AO2 Shaping Meaning
Unless a link is provided, all the resources listed below are in the Library.
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Unless a link is provided, all the resources listed below are in the Library.
Ask Rachel if you would like any help finding them.
Considers clothing and identity in the novel and how they help to convey meaning in the text. English Review, volume 26 issue 3.
An A Level student suggests that the power of language is at the hart of Atwood’s dystopian visions and compares it to Wyndham’s The Chrysalids. Emagazine, issue 54.
Reveals how the novel explores linguistic control, and the limits of language as a form of control. Emagazine, issue 60.
An A Level student argues that fragmentation and the focus on playing with and laying claim to language is closely connected to Atwood’s feminist slant on dystopia. Emagazine, issue 45.
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