THMT Flashcards
When did Canada gain full independence from the uk?
1982
Which critic argues that the Canada is a neighbour as well as an outsider to the USA?
David Staines
Which critic argues that the contrast between Canada and the USA is important for understanding the novel?
Gina Wisker
Who coined structuralism and the concept of binary opposites?
Claude Levi-Strauss; Roland Barthes
Which radical feminist writer gained national fame for favouring the anti-pornography movement?
Andrea Dworkin
Which critic comments on the paradox of Moira’s bunny costume?
Lorna Irvine
When were ‘The Canterbury Tales’ written?
Late 1300s
Which critic describes the Handmaids’ outfits as a personification of a religious sacrifice?
Barbara Hill Rigney
Who coined the term ‘objective correlative’?
T.S. Eliot
Which literary critic suggested that the recycling of mythology allows texts to transcend time?
Northrop Frye
Which critic argues that Offred’s confessions of unreliability challenge Pieixoto’s view of historiography as authentication of the past?
Coral Ann Howells
Who was Serena Joy’s previous televised singing career based on?
American televangelist Jim Bakker and his singer and talkshow-host wife, Tammy Faye
