Ian McEwan's historical novel The Innocent is a representative work of contemporary British literature of violence,and its highly graphic depictions violence have provoked much controversy.McEwan places rape and dismemberment in the dual coordinates of the protagonist Leonard's personal growth and the Cold War in Europe,and by juxtaposing individual brutality with political violence between nations,creates both a projective and causal connections between the two.The entanglement of physical violence and political violence implies the erosion of personal space by politics,and the novel uses the imagery of rape and dismemberment to metaphorically construct the tearing and reshaping of individual identity in a society where violence has become an integral part of its culture.
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