The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"

Balenović, Aleksandra

master's thesis

The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"

Balenović, Aleksandra (2018)

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Balenović, A. (2018). The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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Balenović, Aleksandra. "The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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Balenović, A. (2018). 'The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 03 August 2020, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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Balenović A. The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2020 August 03] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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A. Balenović, "The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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Title	The Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
Title (croatian)	Ideologija Republike Gilead u "Sluškinjinoj priči" M. Atwood
Author	Aleksandra Balenović
Mentor	Ljubica Matek (mentor)
Committee member	Jadranka Zlomislić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member	Ljubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
Committee member	Jasna Poljak Rehlicki (član povjerenstva)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2018-10-17, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	This paper explores the ideology of the fictive Republic of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's seminal novel The Handmaid's Tale. The Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy, used violence to take over the United States of America, replaced their ideology with an ideology based on Gilead’s version of Christianity and misogyny, and then proceeded to use fear tactics to keep that ideology in place. This paper also explores the real life origins of Gileadean Christianity like the American Puritans who came to the New World to practice their religion and established a violent theocracy that did not tolerate anyone else practicing a religion of their own, and the American New Rights movement of the 1980s that advocated for a return to more traditional values which meant that women should be subjugated to men. The paper also explores Gilead’s misogyny that includes chapters on Gilead returning women to their homes, control of reproduction, and subjugation of women by taking away their rights and assigning them specific roles to play in a man’s life. The paper also includes a chapter on Gilead’s ideological implementation and control that includes indoctrination, public execution and punishment, and isolation achieved by creating uniformity and a feeling of suspicion, restricting the citizens’ movement, and controlling the language. The last chapter of the paper deals with the echoes of Gilead’s ideology in the world of the future in which Gilead no longer exists.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:225991
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology Course: Teacher Training Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Croatian Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Research Studies Course: Teacher Training Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti)
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