The Unsexed Characters in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway’s renowned novel The Sun Also Rises is mainly dedicated to demonstrate the lives of Lost Generation, the lost souls of expatriates in the post-war era. The current paper aims as studying the characters of the novel regarding their gender identification based on Judith Butler’s ideas of performativity and gender/sex consolidation. The two main characters of the novels are discussed in terms of their conformity or resistance towards their gender roles. Being to a great extent detached from their pre-defined sexual and gender roles, these characters are believed to be devoid of a conventional gender identity that chords with the eccentric and queer spirit of the post-war era.

Keywords:

Ernest Hemingway , The Sun Also Rises , Judith Butler , Performativity.