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The Handmaid's Tales in Gileadverse - Dynamics of a transmedia storyworld

English · Hardback

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In an innovative approach to the world-famous novelist Margaret Atwood and her oeuvre, this book traces the development of the transmedia universe built around Gilead, spanning over two novels, a serial, fan fiction, and social media. It offers a new perspective on 'The Handmaid's Tale' and - by extension - on the dynamics of world building that is difficult, if not altogether impossible, to analyze on the example of larger universes and media franchises. Each chapter offers insight into a different part of the Gilead universe, or a different point of entry, tracing character development, world expansion, the incongruities, and the intricate web of connections between particular elements. The loose threads are tied in 'The Testaments', which is both the grand finale and a springboard for new growth. This book will enable graduate students and scholars of transmedia or Atwood studies to discover new aspects of this storyworld, and to better understand other, larger and more complex ones.

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Authors Katarzyna Machala
Publisher Brill Fink
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 18.07.2024
 
EAN 9783770568888
ISBN 978-3-7705-6888-8
No. of pages 195
Dimensions 162 mm x 21 mm x 242 mm
Weight 503 g
Illustrations 20 SW-Abb., 10 Farbabb., 3 Tabellen
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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