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

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

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

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 23 May 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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 2019 May 23] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:225991

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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TitleThe Ideology of the Republic of Gilead in M. Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
Title (croatian)Ideologija Republike Gilead u "Sluškinjinoj priči" M. Atwood
AuthorAleksandra Balenović
MentorLjubica Matek (mentor)
Committee memberJadranka Zlomislić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberLjubica Matek (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberJasna Poljak Rehlicki (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2018-10-17, 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.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:225991
Study programmeTitle: Engleski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički, filološki, prevoditeljski
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Hrvatski jezik i književnost (dvopredmetni); smjerovi: nastavnički, istraživački
Study programme type: sveučilišni
Study level: diplomski
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije hrvatskog jezika i književnosti)
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