Episode 16: Approaches to Teaching Margaret Atwood

We wrap our second semester of Literaturely with our book club! We dive into the prolific and exciting world of Margaret Atwood. That's right: Paige and Margaret read and review MLA's 1996 Approaches to Teaching Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Other Texts. We chat about the goals of a literature pedagogy anthology, the overall collection, and the individual essays themselves! We discuss how students' expectations for Atwood have changed in the past two decades and how the literature classroom itself has evolved. We have a lot of fun discussing the potential of including Atwood in our own classrooms, the activities we loved, and how these works can help our own pedagogy continue to improve! What are your approaches for teaching Atwood?  Share your thoughts with us on Twitter with @Literaturely101, on Instagram at LiteraturelyPodcast, or via email at [email protected]!