The“Conscious Absence”and“Virtuoso Presence”of Hegemonic Masculinity——Deciphering Ian McEwan’s Atonement

• 作者: 谢淑芬
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Ian McEwan ATONEMENT hegemonic MASCULINITY PATRIARCHAL CULTURE R.W.Connell
• 年，卷（期）: hwyyb_2016,（10）
• 页码范围: 137-140
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: H315

摘要

Wittingly concealing the father images in his novel Atonement(2001), McEwan creates the"absence"of traditional hegemonic masculinity, which is a conscious activity in a combined consideration of the figural and thematic progress, the grim social context, as well as his anxiety of influence and identity. Although this manliness is effaced on the surface, regarding the powerful images within, male authority still keeps running through the whole work. Hegemonic masculinity"presents"in manifold transformed and metaphorical forms, invisibly dictating the development of the protagonists and plots. This paper, giving a masculine reading through R.W. Connell’s lens, aims to analyze and crystallize McEwan’s such male writing, and finally to reach his real concerns: to deconstruct patriarchal culture, to defy dominant discourse, and to build a new order that opens up a real equality and coexistence for both the two sexes.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	谢淑芬	广东外语外贸大学英语语言文化学院	6	3	1.0	1.0