Doha Mahmoud Abdel-Moety
The Ideologies of War and Social Class in Atonement
Číslo: 1/2018
Periodikum: Prague Journal of English Studies
Klíčová slova: Critical stylistics; ideology; British novels; Atonement; Second World War; social class, Ian McEwan
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Anotace:
e present study is concerned with the representation of ideologies in fi ction. It
attempts an analysis of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement and aims at revealing the
ideologies of war and social class by analysing textual conceptual functions. It applies
a critical stylistic analysis based on Jeff ries’s (2010) framework. e study addresses
the following questions:
How are the concepts of war and social class presented in the novel?
Which categories are used to introduce war and social class in the novel?
What is the linguistic realization of the categories selected?
What does Atonement reveal about British society and the period during which
the events took place?
To what extent are McEwan’s ideologies refl ected in the novel?
e results of the study show that war and social class constitute an important part in
the novel. ere are references to them from the very beginning of the novel. ey are
presented ideologically through the categories of naming and describing, negating,
representing actions/events/states, prioritizing, hypothesizing, implying and assuming,
presenting others’ speech and thoughts, and representing time, space and society. ese
categories employed specifi c linguistic realizations that helped the author achieve his
purpose and infl uence readers. e results also reveal the way Atonement portrays
the circumstances of British society before, during, and a er the Second World War.
Moreover, they indicate the existence of historically accurate information related to
war. Finally, the results demonstrate that the representations of war and social class
in Atonement are ideologically loaded. ese representations refl ect McEwan’s own
attitude toward history, war, and social class.
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attempts an analysis of Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement and aims at revealing the
ideologies of war and social class by analysing textual conceptual functions. It applies
a critical stylistic analysis based on Jeff ries’s (2010) framework. e study addresses
the following questions:
How are the concepts of war and social class presented in the novel?
Which categories are used to introduce war and social class in the novel?
What is the linguistic realization of the categories selected?
What does Atonement reveal about British society and the period during which
the events took place?
To what extent are McEwan’s ideologies refl ected in the novel?
e results of the study show that war and social class constitute an important part in
the novel. ere are references to them from the very beginning of the novel. ey are
presented ideologically through the categories of naming and describing, negating,
representing actions/events/states, prioritizing, hypothesizing, implying and assuming,
presenting others’ speech and thoughts, and representing time, space and society. ese
categories employed specifi c linguistic realizations that helped the author achieve his
purpose and infl uence readers. e results also reveal the way Atonement portrays
the circumstances of British society before, during, and a er the Second World War.
Moreover, they indicate the existence of historically accurate information related to
war. Finally, the results demonstrate that the representations of war and social class
in Atonement are ideologically loaded. ese representations refl ect McEwan’s own
attitude toward history, war, and social class.