![]() In the essay, “Reconstructing Margaret Atwood’s Protagonists”, Patricia Goldblatt states that “Atwood creates situations in which women, burdened by the rules and inequalities of their societies, discover that they must reconstruct braver, self-reliant personae in order to survive. ![]() It is a novel that helped Atwood establish herself as a prose writer. It also emphasizes the necessity of resistance and self-actualization in the face of patriarchal onslaughts. Margaret Atwood wrote and published The Edible Woman in 1969. ![]() ![]() Atwood’s novel highlights the myriad predicaments of the women in the patriarchal culture. They are expected to fit in the roles ascribed by the male hegemony. In the male dominated society women are viewed as consumable commodities. It traces the traumatic journey of the protagonist, Marian, in search of self-definition. The novel is a representative fiction focusing upon the pangs of the women trapped in the web of patriarchy. ![]() In this novel Atwood deconstructs the traditional gender discourses that intend to limit women’s choice, agency, and subjectivity. This paper seeks to explore the feministic issues in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Edible Woman. IJDR is a Peer-Reviewed Journal and valid as per New UGC Gazette regulations on minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges (Date:) View More Detail Reconstructing feminine identity: A critical study of Margaret at wood’s the edible woman ![]()
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