An Analysis of Eco-feminism in The Handmaid's Tale

Abstract

Margaret Atwood is one of the most influential female writers in the Canadian literary world. She has published many works such as novels, short stories, poetry, and literary criticism, known as the Queen of Canadian Literature.For a long time, her works have a common theme, focusing on women's living conditions and the ecological crisis that reflects nature. It also points out that finding the balance between male and female is the best solution to problems human being encountered when developing．

The paper mainly discuss the affection of the ecofeminism which is a combination of both environmental protection movements and feminism for real world. It mainly adopts the literature analysis method, and through the domestic and foreign analysis about this novel research, finds out the new angle, analyzes the ecological feminism to the real life guidance function. The paper divide into four parts including literature review, the special writing techniques, the waking process of women and a guide to reality, to conduct people living in harmony with nature. Besides, it is encourage women pursuit equal occasion with men by analyses The Handmaid’s Tale.

Key Words： Ecofeminism；Patriarchy；Nature