The Handmaid's Tale

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dystopian novel novel speculative fiction work

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel depicting a theocratic regime that strips women of their rights, widely acclaimed for its feminist themes and chilling political commentary.

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Surface form	Occurrences
2017 television series The Handmaid's Tale	1
Gilead regime	1
The Handmaid's Tale (novel) television adaptation	1
The Handmaid's Tale series	1
The Handmaid's Tale television series (elements incorporated)	1
The Handmaid's Tale universe	1
The Handmaid’s Tale	1
opera The Handmaid's Tale	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dystopian novel ⓘ novel ⓘ speculative fiction work ⓘ
adaptedAs	1990 film The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ The Handmaid's Tale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2017 television series The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: opera The Handmaid's Tale
author	Margaret Atwood ⓘ
awarded	Arthur C. Clarke Award ⓘ Governor General's Award for English-language fiction ⓘ
centralConflict	individual autonomy versus state control ⓘ
centralInstitutionInPlot	handmaid system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
depicts	patriarchal society ⓘ totalitarian theocracy ⓘ
genre	dystopian fiction ⓘ feminist fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ
hasSequel	The Testaments ⓘ
includedIn	modern literary canon ⓘ
influenced	contemporary feminist discourse ⓘ political discussions on reproductive rights ⓘ
mainCharacter	Offred ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
nominatedFor	Booker Prize ⓘ
notableFor	chilling political commentary ⓘ depiction of theocratic regime ⓘ feminist themes ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationYear	1985 ⓘ
publisher	Houghton Mifflin ⓘ McClelland and Stewart ⓘ
sequelPublicationYear	2019 ⓘ
setInFictionalCountry	Gilead ⓘ
studiedIn	gender studies courses ⓘ university literature courses ⓘ
televisionAdaptationNetwork	Hulu ⓘ
televisionAdaptationPremiereYear	2017 ⓘ
theme	authoritarianism ⓘ gender inequality ⓘ identity ⓘ loss of rights ⓘ oppression of women ⓘ religious fundamentalism ⓘ reproductive control ⓘ resistance ⓘ surveillance ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting	near future ⓘ

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The Handmaid's Tale → adaptedAs → The Handmaid's Tale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2017 television series The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale → adaptedAs → The Handmaid's Tale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: opera The Handmaid's Tale

Bradley Whitford → awardReceivedFor → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Elisabeth Moss → basedOn → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (novel) television adaptation

Elisabeth Moss → characterIn → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

The Testaments → concludesStoryArcOf → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gilead regime

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this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale universe

Elisabeth Moss → executiveProducerOf → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

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The Testaments → follows → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

The Testaments → hasAdaptation → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale television series (elements incorporated)

Hulu → hasOriginalProgram → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

The Testaments → isSequelTo → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Kira Snyder → knownFor → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Handmaid’s Tale

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series → notableWinner → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Bradley Whitford → notableWork → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Elisabeth Moss → notableWork → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Joseph Fiennes → notableWork → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

Margaret Atwood → notableWork → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

The Testaments → partOfSeries → The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Handmaid's Tale series