The Comic Apocalypse of The Year of the Flood

Authors

Hope Jennings, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2010

Abstract

If one of the primary tensions in Margaret Atwood's work is between survival (for the individual or humanity as a whole) and "the question of whether survival is even merited," exemplified by the author's recurring interest in exploring the end of the world (Wilson 177), then Atwood has become one of contemporary literature's. most rigorous demythologizers of Apocalypse, while at the same .contributing to its tradition of prophetic warning.

Comments

Article first published in Margaret Atwood Studies Volume 3.

Repository Citation

Jennings, H. (2010). The Comic Apocalypse of The Year of the Flood. Margaret Atwood Studies, 3 (2), 11-18.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/english/192