The Construction of Masculinity in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Authors

  • Ânderson Martins Pereira Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Daniele Gallindo Gonçalves Silva Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.27.1.363-380

Keywords:

Gender studies, John Steinbeck, masculinities

Abstract

The present paper aims to discuss the construction of masculinities in Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck, eliciting the elements that are in the formation of masculinities in North-American rancher space and taking as its main course of analysis the characters Lennie and George. For such purpose, this paper is based on the contributions of Connell and Messerschmidt (2013), Connell (2005), Reeser (2010) and Laing (1969). This paper is justified to contribute with the studies about masculinity, which have stood out in recent decades and have made available new tools for dealing with men exposition and imposition.

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Author Biographies

Ânderson Martins Pereira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Possui graduação em Licenciatura em letras pela Universidade Federal do Pampa (2012) e especialização em Linguagem e Docência (2014), pela mesma instituição. Atualmente é Mestrando do programa de literatura comparada da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Utopia, Distopia, transumanidade, pós-modernidade e pós-humanidade.

Daniele Gallindo Gonçalves Silva, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Doutora em Germanistk/Ältere Deutsche Literatur (Germanística/Literatura Alemã Antiga) pela Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg (2011) sob a orientação da Prof. Dr. Ingrid Bennewitz (com bolsa DAAD). Possui mestrado em História Comparada pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2005) e graduação em Letras Português-Alemão pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2002). Foi professora substituta da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro na Faculdade de Letras, Departamento de Letras Anglo-Germânicas, Setor de Alemão (2005-2006) e professora contratada da Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg (2009-2010). Atua no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras (PPGL) e no Programa de Pós-Gradução em História (PPGH) da Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Tem experiência na área de Letras (Língua e Literatura Alemã) e História Comparada, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Literatura e História, Literatura em Médio-Alto-Alemão, Recepção do Medieval, Estudos de Gênero, Masculinidades e Queer, Ritual e Corpo e Estudos de Intermidialidade.

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Published

2017-07-03

How to Cite

Pereira, Ânderson M., & Silva, D. G. G. (2017). The Construction of Masculinity in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 27(1), 363–380. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.27.1.363-380

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2017): Literatura e Mal

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Varia

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