現代反烏托邦文學：察米雅欽與艾特伍德(II-II)
Date Issued
2003-07-31
Date
2003-07-31
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DOI
912411H002039
Abstract
This project attempts to investigate the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s
feminist dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) as an exercise at border crossing.
Initially hailed as “a feminist 1984” and commonly examined from the perspective of
dystopia, The Handmaid’s Tale in fact transgresses the boundary of traditional
dystopia in various ways. While 1984 and Brave New World are marked by adherence
to realism, The Handmaid’s Tale is an open-ended, metafictional text.. Its narrative
structure is characterized by intricate manipulation of the techniques of story telling
and framing, shattering any illusion of stasis.
In terms of its gender politics, The Handmaid’s Tale also exemplifies
border-crossing features in its deliberate attempt to be ambiguous, paradoxical, and
ironic. The text, on the one hand, appears overtly “feminist” and probes into issues
such as sexuality and power and female subjectivity. On the other hand, however, a
careful examination of the work would thwart any outright assertion of its feminist
stance and render ambivalent its allegedly feminist content. It would seem that,
textually as well as ideologically, Atwood chooses rather to remain a threshold figure.
Subjects
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale
feminist dystopia
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學外國語文學系暨研究所
Type
report
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