An ecocritical reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2023.
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10361-232042024-06-06T21:04:33Z An ecocritical reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide Nawar, Ariana Kaiissar, Jahin Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University Ecocritical Ecofeminism Environmental degradation Climate crisis Climatic changes Philosophy of nature Environmentalism This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2023. Cataloged from the PDF version of the thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-45). This thesis explores an ecocritical and ecofeminist reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide. The study examines how the two novels intersect with feminist and ecological concerns, highlighting how gender and environmental issues are interconnected. By using an ecofeminist lens, this thesis aims to analyze how the authors represent gendered power structures in their narratives, and how those structures are connected to environmental exploitation. Atwood's novel portrays a dystopian world where women are subjugated and their reproductive rights are controlled by the powerful male elite. In contrast, Ghosh's novel depicts the lives of humans and non-humans in the ecologically fragile Sundarbans region. The thesis explores how the novels represent the struggles of women and marginalized communities to assert their agency and resist patriarchal and environmental oppression. The study examines how the characters' experiences and interactions with their environment reflect the interconnectedness between gender and ecology. Through an ecocritical lens, this thesis argues that both authors offer a critique of patriarchal capitalism, which exploits both women and nature for profit, and proposes alternative ways of thinking about the human-nature relationship that prioritizes ecological sustainability. Ariana Nawar B.A. in English 2024-06-06T06:55:52Z 2024-06-06T06:55:52Z ©2023 2023-05 Thesis ID 22303048 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23204 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 55 pages application/pdf BRAC University |
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An ecocritical reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide |
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