The aim of this bachelor thesis is to contribute to research on how feminist perspectives on motherhood are portrayed in North American fictional writing. For this purpose, I will use close reading techniques to analyze Margaret Atwood’s novels The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye and Oryx and Crake to show that all three foster a feminist view on motherhood. I will argue that in the novels Atwood recognizes motherhood as both a source of oppression and a source of empowerment. Additionally, I will demonstrate how she dismantles the myth of perfect motherhood by portraying disrupted mother-child relationships, authentic maternal experiences and the subjectivity of mother figures that would traditionally be regarded as “bad” mothers.
Outline
0. Abstract
1. Introduction
2. An Overview: Feminist Perspectives on Motherhood
3. An Overview: Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s novels
4. Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx&Crake and Cat’s Eye
4.1. Reproduction
4.1.1. Reproduction in Feminist Discourse
4.1.1.1. Feminist Perspectives on Abortions Rights
4.1.1.2. Assisted Reproductive Technologies
4.1.2. Reproduction in The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye and Oryx&Crake
4.1.2.1. Pregnancy and Abortion in Cat’s Eye
4.1.2.2. Reproductive Rights in The Handmaid’s Tale
4.1.2.3. Reproduction in Oryx&Crake
4.2. Mother figures and mother-daughter relationships
4.2.1. Blaming and Idealizing Mothers in Feminist Theories
4.2.2. Mother figures and mother-child-relationships in the novels The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye and Oryx&Crake
4.2.2.1. Mother figures and mother-daughter-relationships in Cat’s Eye
4.2.2.2. Mother figures and mother-daughter-relationships in T he Handmaid’s Tale
4.2.2.3. Mother figures and a mother-son-relationship in Oryx&Crake
5. Conclusion
6. Works Cited
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