Atwoodian Metamophosis: Transformation From The Entrapped Victim To The Survivor--Magaret Atwood's Optimistic Perceptions Of Women

As one of the most fascinating, versatile and prolific authors of our time, Margaret Atwood has been most of all noted as a feminist writer. With numerous critical essays, fictions and poetry, Atwood has transcended the scale of gender issues. It is noticeable that most of Atwood's novels are stories of beautiful and intelligent young ladies with incomparable wit and flexibility confronting the dangerous and challenging situations in life. Some critics have labeled her novels as autobiographical fiction, or domestic novels. However, Atwood tends to reject that notion. She claims that she is writing about women in society, their real experiences as what they do and what they are on their way to self-improvement and establishment.This thesis is focused on the optimistic concept of women seen from her three novels: The Edible Women (1969), Lady Oracle (1976) and Cat's Eye (1988).Based on a thorough analysis on the characters and the narration of the three novels, the author of this paper concludes that Margaret Atwood has conveyed her optimistic perspective of women who strive to establish self-esteem and self-identity in the modern consumer society. Women, as seen from Atwood's novels, once transcend the restraints of gender conventional doctrines, will exhibit phenomenal potentials to realize self-accomplishment.