What a Man Should Be: Hegemonic Masculinity in The Sun Also Rises (1927)
This thesis will explore Ernest Hemingway’s depiction of the crisis of masculinity in The Sun Also Rises (1927) with a focus on how the novel portrays the change in gender norms following World War I. For the main body of the thesis, I will use R.W. Connell’s theory of hegemonic masculinity and expand slightly in my discussion section with Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity. I wil
