The Handmaid’s Tale

  How do Atwood and Ishiguro explore identity in a dystopian society in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Never Let me Go”, while also considering the contexts in which they are written and the different ways in which they can be read. using the novels ?Never Let Me Go? by Kazuo Ishiguro and ?The Handmaid?s Tale? by Margret Atwood - The essay should: * apply literary reading skills to two chosen texts. * engage in wider reading, and apply research and study skills to the chosen literature. * show knowledge and understanding of a variety of strategies for reading texts, including reading for detail of how writers use and adapt language, form and structure in texts ? show knowledge and understanding of ways to interpret and evaluate texts independently and in response to interpretations by different readers ? show knowledge and understanding of the contexts in which texts have been produced and received and understanding of how these contexts influence meaning ? show knowledge and understanding of a range of literary texts and make connections and explore the relationships between texts ? show knowledge and understanding of the ways texts can be grouped and linked to inform interpretation ? identify and explore how attitudes and values are expressed in texts ? communicate fluently, accurately and effectively their knowledge, understanding and evaluation of texts ? use literary critical concepts and terminology with understanding and discriminatio​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​n ? make appropriate use of the conventions of writing in literary studies, referring accurately and appropriately to texts and sources ? make connections and explore the relationships between texts. The essay should show critical and evaluative application: - Present a critical evaluative argument with sustained textual examples. Evaluate the effects of literary features with sophisticated use of concepts and terminology. Use sophisticated structure and expression. ? Exhibit a critical evaluation of the ways meanings are shaped. Evaluate the effects of literary features and shows a sophisticated understanding of the writer’s craft. ? Present a sophisticated evaluation and appreciation of significance and influence of contextual factors. Make sophisticated links between text and contexts. ? Evaluates connections between texts. Exhibits a sophisticated connective approach with exemplification. ? Applies a sustained evaluation of different interpretations of texts. This is cogent and supported by sophisticated use of application of alternative interpretations to illuminate own critical position. I will attach wider reading and info/sites that may be of use, along with an additional overall checklist for the es​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​say