Ideological Representation of Women's Oppression in Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Al-Shammari, Huda Aziz Muhi; Al Khazraji, Nidaa Hussain Fahmi

Article Details

Ideological Representation of Women's Oppression in Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Authors:

Al-Shammari, Huda Aziz Muhi | Al Khazraji, Nidaa Hussain Fahmi

Publisher:

جامعة بغداد - كلية الآداب

Journal:

مجلة الآداب 2021 Vol.5 Issue 991, pp.15-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000996634

pISSN:

1994-473X

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Abstract:

 The abuse of women is an issue that persists throughout the ages till the present time because people are still living in a world of a dominated idea which is known as man is the self and woman is the other. So the objective of this research paper is to argue this global issue using Van Dijk's Ideological Square (1998) as a framework so as to examine the ideologies that underline the use of language in The Handmaid’s Tale. It is hypothesized that the ideology of oppression is exposed in the novel throughout using the ideological strategies of positive- self presentation and negative-other presentation. Ultimately, it concludes that the novelist employs both, male and female, characters to consistently ridicule and offer negative coverage about women and to increasingly align and offer favorable comments about men to present the world of patriarchy from a different perspective.

Article Details

Ideological Representation of Women's Oppression in Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Authors:

Al-Shammari, Huda Aziz Muhi | Al Khazraji, Nidaa Hussain Fahmi

Publisher:

جامعة بغداد - كلية الآداب

Journal:

مجلة الآداب 2021 Vol.5 Issue 991, pp.15-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000996634

pISSN:

1994-473X

الأدب الإنجليزي

رواية حكاية خادمة

آتوود، مارغريت

النقد الأدبي

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Article Details

Ideological Representation of Women's Oppression in Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Authors: Al-Shammari, Huda Aziz Muhi | Al Khazraji, Nidaa Hussain Fahmi

Publisher: جامعة بغداد - كلية الآداب

Journal: مجلة الآداب 2021 Vol.5 Issue 991, pp.15-22

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2021

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000996634

pISSN: 1994-473X

الأدب الإنجليزي

رواية حكاية خادمة

آتوود، مارغريت

النقد الأدبي

Issues

Authors:

Al-Shammari, Huda Aziz Muhi | Al Khazraji, Nidaa Hussain Fahmi

Publisher:

جامعة بغداد - كلية الآداب

Journal:

مجلة الآداب 2021 Vol.5 Issue 991, pp.15-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000996634

pISSN:

1994-473X