Reading, learning, teaching Margaret Atwood:
"Literature that confronts our student's assumptions about the world and about text is the lifeblood of English classes in American high schools and colleges. Margaret Atwood offers works in a wide variety of genres that fulfill that need. This volume introduces readers, students, and teac...
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| Summary: | "Literature that confronts our student's assumptions about the world and about text is the lifeblood of English classes in American high schools and colleges. Margaret Atwood offers works in a wide variety of genres that fulfill that need. This volume introduces readers, students, and teachers to the life and works of Atwood while also suggesting a variety of ways in which her works can become valuable additions to classroom experiences with literature and writing. Furthermore, this volume confronts how and why we teach English through Atwood's writing."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Introduction: Confronting Nowhere, Confronting Everywhere 1
1 Margaret Atwood—A Life Formed with Scissors and Matches . . .5
A Life—Woman, Writer, Canadian 5
Works of Atwood 9
Themes, Tendencies, and Craft in a Writer s Writer 15
2 Atwood s Intentional (Nonfiction) Writing 27
Women Writers—Of Curses and Selfishness 28
Atwood Writing for Writers 34
The Intent of the Writer—Atwood s Occasional Pieces 39
In Her Own Words—Atwood s Interviews 44
3 Early Novels—A Woman, an Artist, a Canadian 47
The Edible Woman—The Lives of Women in a Consumer Society ... .48
Surfacing—Journeys of Self discovery 51
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman—
Lady Oracle and One Person s Many Lives 55
4 Dark and Speculative (Dystopian) Novels 61
Dark Reality—Life Before Man 62
The Politics of Women s Bodies—Bodily Harm 64
Atwood s Immodest Proposal—The Handmaid s Tale 69
Atwood s Slippery Slope—Oryx and Crake 74
ßES TABLE OF CONTENTS
5 Later Novels—Mythologies of and for Women 79
Portrait of the Female Artist at Middle Age—Cat s Eye as Retelling .. .80
From Z to A —The Robber Bride and the Art of Illusion 83
The Gaps of Stories (Re)told—Alias Grace as Confrontation
of the Historical Novel 87
Of Words and Death—The Blind Assassin as Dark Fiction 92
Stories that Don t Hold Water— The Penelopiad as Myth Recast 94
6 Short Fiction—Of Storytelling and Audiences 99
Howto Judge Short Stories— Reading Blind 100
The Split Seif— The War in the Bathroom 104
The Language of Victims— Rape Fantasies 105
Loveless Marriage and Loss— The Resplendent Quetzal 107
Fearing that which Is Foreign— Dancing Girls 109
From Reading Atwood to Crafting Short Stories—
Students as Writers 111
7 Poetry, Of Hooks and Eyes 115
Reading and Writing Poetry Again for the First Time—
Assumptions and Misconceptions 116
Atwood s Words about Poetry—The Poet, The Audience 119
Of Hooks and Eyes—The Poems of Margaret Atwood 121
Risking Poetry with Atwood—Students as Poets 129
8 Children and Wordplay—Expanding Our Views of Literature . .133
Tales Retold—Atwood s The Tent 134
Picture Books and Children s Literature—Atwood for All Ages 137
Conclusion: A Community for Reading, Writing, Learning 141
References 143
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Confronting Nowhere, Confronting Everywhere 1
1 Margaret Atwood—A Life Formed with Scissors and Matches . . .5
A Life—Woman, Writer, Canadian 5
Works of Atwood 9
Themes, Tendencies, and Craft in a Writer's Writer 15
2 Atwood's Intentional (Nonfiction) Writing 27
Women Writers—Of Curses and Selfishness 28
Atwood Writing for Writers 34
The Intent of the Writer—Atwood's Occasional Pieces 39
In Her Own Words—Atwood's Interviews 44
3 Early Novels—A Woman, an Artist, a Canadian 47
The Edible Woman—The Lives of Women in a Consumer Society . .48
Surfacing—Journeys of Self discovery 51
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman—
Lady Oracle and One Person's Many Lives 55
4 Dark and Speculative (Dystopian) Novels 61
Dark Reality—Life Before Man 62
The Politics of Women's Bodies—Bodily Harm 64
Atwood's Immodest Proposal—The Handmaid's Tale 69
Atwood's Slippery Slope—Oryx and Crake 74
ßES TABLE OF CONTENTS
5 Later Novels—Mythologies of and for Women 79
Portrait of the Female Artist at Middle Age—Cat's Eye as Retelling . .80
From "Z" to "A"—The Robber Bride and the Art of Illusion 83
The Gaps of Stories (Re)told—Alias Grace as Confrontation
of the Historical Novel 87
Of Words and Death—The Blind Assassin as Dark Fiction 92
Stories that Don't Hold Water— The Penelopiad as Myth Recast 94
6 Short Fiction—Of Storytelling and Audiences 99
Howto Judge Short Stories—"Reading Blind" 100
The Split Seif—"The War in the Bathroom" 104
The Language of Victims—"Rape Fantasies" 105
Loveless Marriage and Loss—"The Resplendent Quetzal" 107
Fearing that which Is Foreign—"Dancing Girls" 109
From Reading Atwood to Crafting Short Stories—
Students as Writers 111
7 Poetry, Of Hooks and Eyes 115
Reading and Writing Poetry Again for the First Time—
Assumptions and Misconceptions 116
Atwood's Words about Poetry—The Poet, The Audience 119
Of Hooks and Eyes—The Poems of Margaret Atwood 121
Risking Poetry with Atwood—Students as Poets 129
8 Children and Wordplay—Expanding Our Views of Literature . .133
Tales Retold—Atwood's The Tent 134
Picture Books and Children's Literature—Atwood for All Ages 137
Conclusion: A Community for Reading, Writing, Learning 141
References 143 |
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