Szirák, Anna (2025) “She is also God” : The Violence of Godlike Girlhood in Ian McEwan’s Atonement. EGER JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES (25). pp. 65-80. ISSN 1786-5638 (print); 2060-9159 (online)
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | girlhood studies, intrusion, violence, narratorial voice |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PR English literature / angol irodalom |
| Depositing User: | Tibor Gál |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2026 13:50 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2026 13:55 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/232372 |
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