Author: Anna Szirák, Angol-Amerikai Intézet (Institute of English and American Studies), Debreceni Egyetem (University of Debrecen) - Academia.edu, Google Scholar

Abstract: »The present paper offers a close reading of Ian McEwan’s Atonement through the lens of girlhood. Known for its twist of revealing one of the main characters, Briony Tallis, as the writer of the novel, Atonement calls attention to its own fictional nature, while simultaneously creating micro images of entering and controlling which posit Briony as a godlike quasi-narrator who enacts violence on her creations. The paper analyses these images and considers the modal links between storytelling and girlishness by reading instances in the novel in terms of an intrusion. It relies on girlhood studies to interpret the girl as a menacing, central figure.« (Source: Eger Journal of English Studies)

Contents:

	1 Introduction: Girls and the Novel (p. 65)
	2 Entering Girlhood? (p. 71)
	3 “The Part of Her that Was Really in Charge” (p. 72)
	4 “The Superior Older Girl”: Girlishness in Atonement (p. 75)
	5 Conclusion (p. 77)
	Works Cited (p. 78)

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