One of the most compromised aspects within the dystopian novel is that of female identity. Explore Atwood and Orwell’s presentation of female characters within their novels (“1984” and “The Handmaid’s Tale”) and the gender roles assigned to them by society. - Literature bibliographies - in Harvard style

In-text: (Atwood, 1993)

Your Bibliography: Atwood, M., 1993. The Handmaid's Tale. Oxford: Heinemann New Windmills.

In-text: (Fitzgerald, 1993)

Your Bibliography: Fitzgerald, F., 1993. The Great Gatsby. Ware: Wordsworth Classics.

Alternately chilling, satirical, and suspenseful, Atwood's cautionary tale portrays the physical and psychological oppression of women under a futuristic totalitarian regime that reduces its female subjects to mere voiceless, childbearing vessels.

In-text: (Jeffery and Hunter, 2015)

Your Bibliography: Jeffery, E. and Hunter, W., 2015. The Handmaid's Tale Essay - The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood - eNotes.com. [online] eNotes. Available at: <http://www.enotes.com/topics/handmaids-tale/critical-essays/handmaids-tale-margaret-atwood> [Accessed 9 January 2015].

In-text: (Landi, 2013)

Your Bibliography: Landi, A., 2013. Title Fights: How Museums Name Their Shows. [online] Artnews.com. Available at: <http://www.artnews.com/2013/12/09/how-museums-title-shows/> [Accessed 14 January 2015].

In-text: (Orwell, 2003)

Your Bibliography: Orwell, G., 2003. Nineteen Eighty Four. St Ives: Penguin Books.

Orwell wrote 1984 from a male perspective, and thus wrote a flat female character who possesses characteristics not congruent with her sex. By writing her novel with a feminine approach, Atwood created a much more believable female character who reacts to government control and sexuality in a more credible manner.”

In-text: (Whitney, 2011)

Your Bibliography: Whitney, L., 2011. Depth of the Feminine Character: An Analysis of Julia and Offred. [online] Academia.edu. Available at: <http://www.academia.edu/1281290/Depth_of_the_Feminine_Character_An_Analysis_of_Julia_and_Offred> [Accessed 8 January 2015].

"Was the motive which finally determined them to write a desire to correct the current view of their sex expressed in so many volumes and for so many ages by male writers"

In-text: (Woolf and McNeillie, 1987)

Your Bibliography: Woolf, V. and McNeillie, A., 1987. The essays. London: Hogarth Press, p.Page 314.

In-text: (The Color Purple – Thug Notes Summary & Analysis – Celebrating Black History Month, 2015)

Your Bibliography: YouTube. 2015. The Color Purple – Thug Notes Summary & Analysis – Celebrating Black History Month. [online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMu2VNBw_4&index=29&list=WL> [Accessed 24 February 2015].