Gileadverse. A Transmedial Examination of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale based on Henry Jenkins’s thoughts Cover Image

Gileádverzum. Margaret Atwood A szolgálólány meséjének transzmediális vizsgálata Henry Jenkins nyomán
Gileadverse. A Transmedial Examination of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale based on Henry Jenkins’s thoughts

Author(s): Dóra Mucha
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. Selyeho
Keywords: Margaret Atwood; The Handmaid’s tale; Henry Jenkins; transmedia storytelling; Gileadverse;

Summary/Abstract: In my study, I examine Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale from a transmedial perspective. The movie, series, theatrical performances, opera and comic book adaptations made from the novel, and later the Testaments, suggest that the Gileadverse has become a transmedia story and a trans-medial world. Based on the already classic text by Henry Jenkins, “Transmedia Storytelling 101,” my goal is to prove how this story could become a modern myth, a story that has entered into our everyday lives.

  • Issue Year: 17/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 84-90
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian