Atwoodian Crafts In The Robber Bride

Being hailed as "the Queen of Canadian literature", Margaret Atwood is a famous poet, novelist, story-writer and essayist in contemporary Canada. Her eighth novel The Robber Bride gained immediate success upon its publication in 1993. This thesis attempts to give a general survey of Atwoodian writing skills. Chapter One is a brief introduction to Margaret Atwood and The Robber Bride and some critical responses to the novel. Chapter Two discusses Atwood's "Mirror Complex", the writing skill that she often uses to dig out different aspects of the characters in her novel, and to see how this typical skill contributes to the structure of the novel. Besides, the theories of Daniel Stern and Jessica Benjamin are discussed in this chapter. Chapter Three explores Atwood's parody of the myths and fairytales. Chapter Four is the conclusion of the whole thesis, summing up what has been discussed in this essay and what is worth further studying.