Dystopia, Feminism and Phallogocentrism in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake

Abstract

Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake (2003) is a very dark dystopian fable which introduces the reader to a post-apocalyptic scenario in which the planet Earth is on the edge of destruction, and human beings have been almost completely eradicated and substituted for a new, genetically-engineered, race. In this article, I am going to analyse the fundamental role phallogocentrism plays in the destruction of humanity and in the creation of a new world order populated by primitive but more ecological creatures.

Keywords

• margaret atwood
• canadian literature
• feminism
• dystopia
• ecofeminism