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Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1939, she is Canada’s most eminent novelist and poet, and also writes short stories, critical studies, screenplays, radio scripts and books for children, her works having been translated into over 30 languages. Her reviews and critical articles have appeared in various eminent magazines and she has also edited many books, including\u00a0The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English<\/em>\u00a0(1983) and, with Robert Weaver,\u00a0The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English<\/em>\u00a0(1986).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her first publication was a book of poetry,\u00a0The Circle Game<\/em>\u00a0(1964), which received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry (Canada). Several more poetry collections have followed since, including\u00a0Interlunar<\/em>\u00a0(1988),\u00a0Morning in the Burned House<\/em>\u00a0(1995) and the latest,\u00a0Eating Fire: \u2192Selected Poetry\u21d0<\/a>, 1965-1995<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(1998).<\/p>\n

Also a short story writer, her books of short fiction include\u00a0Dancing Girls and Other Stories\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(1982),\u00a0Wilderness Tips<\/em>\u00a0(1991), and\u00a0Good Bones<\/em>\u00a0(1992).<\/p>\n

She is perhaps best known, however, for her novels, in which she creates strong, often enigmatic, women characters and excels in telling open-ended stories, while dissecting contemporary urban life and sexual politics. Her first novel was\u00a0The Edible Woman<\/em>\u00a0(1969), about a woman who cannot eat and feels that she is being eaten. This was followed by:\u00a0Surfacing<\/em>\u00a0(1973), which deals with a woman’s investigation into her father’s disappearance;\u00a0Lady Oracle<\/em>\u00a0(1977);\u00a0Life Before Man\u00a0<\/em>(1980);\u00a0Bodily Harm<\/em>\u00a0(1982), the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist recuperating on a Caribbean island; and\u00a0The Handmaid’s Tale<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u21d0(1986), a futuristic novel describing a woman’s struggle to break free from her role. Her latest novels have been:\u00a0\u2192Cat’s Eye<\/em><\/a>\u21d0<\/strong>(1989), dealing with the subject of bullying among young girls;\u00a0The Robber Bride<\/em>\u00a0(1993);\u00a0Alias Grace<\/em>\u00a0(1996), the tale of a woman who is convicted for her involvement in two murders about which she claims to have no memory;\u00a0The Blind Assassin<\/em>\u00a0(2000), a multi-layered family memoir; and\u00a0Oryx and Crake<\/em>\u00a0(2003), a vision of a scientific dystopia, which\u00a0was shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and\u00a0for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction.<\/p>\n

Recent books are:\u00a0The Door<\/em>\u00a0(2007), a collection of poetry;\u00a0Payback<\/em>\u00a0(2008), a collection of lectures about debt; and\u00a0The Year of the Flood<\/em>\u00a0(2009), her latest novel. In 2011, she published a book of essays about science-fiction, entitled\u00a0In Other Worlds: Science Fiction and The Human Imagination.<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/literature.britishcouncil.org\/margaret-atwood<\/p>\n

\u00a4\u00a0 Dancing Girls <\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0(short stories) \u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n
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  • \u00abThe War in the Bathroom\u00bb \"\"<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00abThe Man from Mars<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abPolarities<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abUnder Glass<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abThe Grave of the Famous Poet<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abHair Jewellery\u00bb<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00abRape Fantasies\u00bb\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00abWhen It Happens<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abA Travel Piece<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abThe Resplendent Quetzal<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abTraining<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abLives of the Poets<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abDancing Girls<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n
  • \u00abGiving Birth<\/strong>\u00ab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \u2022\u2192 \u00a0Rape Fantasies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u2190[6 pages) \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0Rape Fantasies\u00a0– Margaret Atwood<\/span><\/a>\u2190 PPT<\/span><\/h6>\n

    The story centers around its narrator, a woman named Estelle, discussing her feelings and\u00a0fantasies on rape<\/span><\/a>. She recounts a story about her lunch break with her co-workers, where they discuss their fantasies of rape over a card game. While her friends all have romanticized rape fantasies, Estelle breaks the trend by having humorous turns of events in her fantasies that help her thwart the rape attempt. In her stories she manages to escape rape in many ways, from having the rapist help her get lemon juice to squirt in his eyes, to helping the rapist get to the bottom of his emotional problems. Concerned that her rape fantasies are abnormal, she continues to share more and more stories, none involving an actual rape.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Here’s a phrase you’ll often come across in this story: \u00ab…he grabbed my arm…\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

    ‘GRAB’<\/strong> = to take hold of (something or someone) suddenly and roughly; to take or have quickly.<\/p>\n

    Listen to the first two pages \u00a0\u2193<\/p>\n