What’s the Destination of Atonement: A Literary Darwinian Interpretation of Briony

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10.2991/assehr.k.200709.018How to use a DOI?

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Literary Darwinism, Atonement, Ian McEwan, configuration

Abstract

Literary Darwinism, a new trend of literary criticism emerged in the late twentieth century, advocates the objective pursuit of true knowledge about literary works to identify the specific configuration of meaning in any text. Atonement by Ian McEwan is a realistic metafiction, which aims to explore the truth of fiction and encourage people to atone for their crimes. This paper incorporates Literary Darwinism and unfolds the mind pattern of the protagonist Briony and the interaction among the characters, the audience and the author.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinya Lu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/09
TI  - What’s the Destination of Atonement: A Literary Darwinian Interpretation of Briony
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 74
EP  - 76
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200709.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200709.018
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