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Oxford Literature Companions: The Handmaid's Tale
Annie Fox, Peter Buckroyd
Oxford Literature Companions: The Handmaid's Tale
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Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role, genre, context, language, themes, structure and critical views, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work with the text. Each book also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Language
English
ISBN
9780198419563
Front Cover
Contents
Introduction
Plot and Structure
Plot
Structure
Context
Biography of Margaret Atwood
Politics
Feminism
New England geography and colonial America
Culture
History/Herstory
Genre
Dystopian
Science fiction
Feminist literature
Postmodern
Satire
Romance novels
First-person narrative
Characterization and Roles
Main characters
Minor characters
Language
Similes
Metaphors
Nature imagery
Bodies and the senses
Colour coding
Puns and wordplay
Allusions
Names
Syntax
Themes
Gender
Power and politics
Surveillance
Place and enclosures
Marriage and motherhood
Love and desire
Doubling
Critical Views
Marxist and political criticism
Feminist criticism
Psychological literary theory
Reader response criticism
Structuralist criticism
Skills and Practice
Exam skills
Understanding the question
Planning your answer
Writing your answer
Sample questions
Sample answers
Glossary
Back Cover
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