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Pastoral power - in The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2022 (Volume) 97
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject English literature
Page 42 - 45
Authors Unsworth-Hughes, Charlotte
Contents

Dystopian literature is synonymous with power - but the pastoral, less so. In this article, the author, applies Michel Foucault's theorisation of 'pastoral power' to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments.

Keywords
Dystopian fiction     Margaret Atwood     Pastoral fiction     Women