![]() Atwood’s novel was commissioned by Random House as a part of its Hogarth Shakespeare series of retellings of Shakespeare plays - meaning I suddenly have a whole new series of books to read! The NSW HSC Module A states that students consider the ways that a reimagining or reframing of an aspect of a text might mirror, align or collide with details of another text. The new list has included Hag-Seed for English Advanced Module A, Textual Conversations a comparative study of texts including Hag-Seed alongside Shakespeare’s tragicomedy The Tempest. H owever, what about Atwood’s other work? Hag-Seed has recently been placed on the 2019–2023 English HSC prescriptions list. I put it right up there with Brave New World and 1984. ![]() ![]() In today’s social and political climate where absolutely anything can happen, speculative fiction has never been so relevant. ![]() ![]() It’s a novel that remained with me long after I finished it, and if you haven’t read it I highly recommend you do. There’s plenty of discussion about Atwood’s dystopian novel and its television adaption The Handmaid’s Tale, and rightly so. ![]()
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