From Herland to Gilead: Framing Post-Feminine Fertility in Dystopian and Utopian Fiction

There is something structurally amiss in a culture that only values women for their capacity to bear child which reflected misrepresentations literature confined stereotypes creates an endless room debate as what future store particularly post-humanist literature. This paper addresses how female fertility framed the texts of Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid’s Tale and Testaments (dystopian) Charlotte Perkins Gilman- Herland With Her Ourland (utopian). Using transitivity analysis, it aims examine representation roles attached feminine fertility, discourse utopian dystopian texts, evaluate politics body relation reproduction. Clearly, Atwood’s fiction critically examined oppressive utilitarian view towards contrasted with Gilman’s utopic autonomy. It revealed sense liberty associated contrary bondage depicted have deeply elaborated politicized post-female general.