Structure tht Flashcards
1
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Genre THT
A
Utopia or dystopia?
Made dystopia feminist
Features - hierarchy, autocracy, erasure of individuality
2
Q
Internal and external story THT
A
external - talks about everyday monotony
ordinary experience of living becomes more disturbing
Internal - in the night sections, Offred reveals her thoughts and emotions
3
Q
Night sections THT
A
history is pieced together by flashbacks
broken narrative - sections blur (memory and reality)
4
Q
Storytelling as an act of resistance THT
A
autobiographical narrative challenging authority
becomes like a political statement
5
Q
Survival narrative THT
A
entrapped by role and by patriarchy in the book (quotes and historical notes)
Storytelling becomes a substitute for conversation with others
