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Approaches to Teaching Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale and Other Works »
Authors: Sharon Rose Wilson, Thomas B. Friedman (Editor), Shannon Hengen
ISBN-13: 9780873527361, ISBN-10: 0873527364
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Sharon Rose Wilson
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Series | ||
| Preface to the Volume | 1 | |
| Materials | ||
| "Who Is This Woman?" | 28 | |
| A Feminist by Another Name: Atwood and the Canadian Canon | 33 | |
| Satire: The No-Woman's Land of Literary Modes | 43 | |
| Beyond Violent Dualities: Atwood in Postcolonial Contexts | 49 | |
| Atwood's Intertextual and Sexual Politics | 55 | |
| Using Atwood's Survival in an Interdisciplinary Canadian Studies Course | 63 | |
| Themes of Identity in Atwood's Poems and "Rape Fantasies": Using The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women | 70 | |
| The Trickster Text: Teaching Atwood's Works in Creative Writing Classes | 77 | |
| Reading as Rehearsal in a Communication Class: Comic Voicings in Atwood's Poetry | 84 | |
| A Practical Exercise: Popular Culture and Gender Construction in Surfacing and Bodily Harm | 90 | |
| "Hypocrite Lecteuse! Ma Semblable! Ma Soeur!": On Teaching Murder in the Dark | 99 | |
| Understanding Contemporary American Culture through The Handmaid's Tale: A Sociology Class | 109 | |
| Dystopia's Point of No Return: A Team-Taught Utopia Class | 114 | |
| A Feminist and Psychoanalytic Approach in a Women's College | 122 | |
| The End of the World and Other Things: Life before Man and The Handmaid's Tale | 128 | |
| Atwood's Recontruction of Folktales: The Handmaid's Tale and "Bluebeard's Egg" | 135 | |
| Teaching Literature through Film: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Surfacing and The Handmaid's Tale | 140 | |
| The Journals of Susanna Moodie as Life Writing | 146 | |
| Atwood's You Are Happy: Power Politics, Gender Roles, and the Transformation of Myth | 153 | |
| Atwood's Female Quest-Romance: A Psychoanalysis Approach to Surfacing | 161 | |
| A Writer for All Theories: Using Atwood's Works to Teach Critical Theory and Praxis | 167 | |
| Cat's Eye as a Reenvisioned Portrait of the Artist: A Visual, Canadian Studies, and Feminist Approach | 174 | |
| Negotiating Wilderness Tips | 180 | |
| Contributors and Survey Participants | 187 | |
| Works Cited: Books and Articles | 189 | |
| Works Cited: Audiovisual Aids | 209 | |
| Index | 211 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Literature
Social Sciences Women's Studies Feminism
Women's Studies Feminism Feminism & Literature
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - LiteratureSocial Sciences
Women's Studies FeminismWomen's Studies
Feminism Feminism & Literature