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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).01 10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).01 Published : Mar 2025An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood
This article explores the poetics and politics of the new canon, feminist critical dystopia, and ostracization of Nature to glorify the potential for creating a space in order to highlight activism and rebellion in the text The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margret Atwood. This comparative study of selected work sheds light on the issues of female objectification, oppression of Others, and dehumanizing nature in besieged patriarchal societies in order to create the possibility of escape from the dystopian nightmare and environmental degradation in the perspective of ecofeminist theoretical framework. The article hypothesizes that the dystopian atmosphere assists women writers in creating a veritable image of the engendered attitudes and their impact on women, Others, and Nature. The study will be beneficial not merely for scholars and policymakers, but also for general readers, offering insights into intersections of environment, feminism, and power.
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Ecofeminism, Exploitation, Transcultural Fiction, Patriarchy, Alienation, Technology
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(1) Hina Gull
PhD Scholar, Department of English Language and Literature, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Nailah Riaz
Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Gull, H., & Riaz, N. (2025). An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood. Global Sociological Review, X(I), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).01
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CHICAGO : Gull, Hina, and Nailah Riaz. 2025. "An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood." Global Sociological Review, X (I): 1-8 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).01
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HARVARD : GULL, H. & RIAZ, N. 2025. An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood. Global Sociological Review, X, 1-8.
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MHRA : Gull, Hina, and Nailah Riaz. 2025. "An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood." Global Sociological Review, X: 1-8
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MLA : Gull, Hina, and Nailah Riaz. "An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood." Global Sociological Review, X.I (2025): 1-8 Print.
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OXFORD : Gull, Hina and Riaz, Nailah (2025), "An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood", Global Sociological Review, X (I), 1-8
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TURABIAN : Gull, Hina, and Nailah Riaz. "An Ecofeminist Perspective of Dystopia: Othering, Resistance, and Transformation in Atwood's The Year of the Flood." Global Sociological Review X, no. I (2025): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).01