Author : Ronja Thiede
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668948674
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (689 download)
Book Synopsis Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s novels by : Ronja Thiede
Download or read book Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s novels written by Ronja Thiede and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, language: English, abstract: The aim of this bachelor thesis is to contribute to research on how feminist perspectives on motherhood are portrayed in North American fictional writing. For this purpose, I will use close reading techniques to analyze Margaret Atwood’s novels The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye and Oryx and Crake to show that all three foster a feminist view on motherhood. I will argue that in the novels Atwood recognizes motherhood as both a source of oppression and a source of empowerment. Additionally, I will demonstrate how she dismantles the myth of perfect motherhood by portraying disrupted mother-child relationships, authentic maternal experiences and the subjectivity of mother figures that would traditionally be regarded as “bad” mothers.