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Édouard Louis´s novel The End of Eddy: A representation of hegemonic masculinity?
1The Department of Czech Language and Literature, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Olomouc Region, 77140, Czech Republic.
Background:
In this paper we analyse the novel The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis. The motivation for this paper is Bourdeau's (2020) observation that Louis's book explores working class politics, sexuality, and masculinity.
Methods:
We analysed the amendment through narrative content analysis, the application of which allows us to answer the following question: Édouard Louis's novel The End of Eddy: A representation of hegemonic masculinity?
Results:
We conclude that this narrative is built on contradictions that can be summarized as a conflict between a socio-cultural norm anchored in a French village and a person who does not fulfil this concept, who is outside of it. We believe that hegemonic masculinity, that is, one part of the cultural norm of a given village, causes Eddy's inclination or consciousness of homonationalism. Thus, on the one hand, hegemonic masculinity is undoubtedly present in this novel; on the other hand, it forms a kind of background or socio-cultural environment which, although it defines itself against the given, unconsciously causes the "birth of the conscious homosexual".
Conclusions:
Thus, we dare to claim that the narrative under analysis is not only a representation of hegemonic masculinity, but also an accentuation of its external and internal influence on one's own perception of (sexual) difference.
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