The hostile worlds in Ian MacEwan’s fiction. An analysis of the child in time and atonement.

1. Introduction ……….. 4

2. The setting.

2.1. The setting in The Child in Time ……….. 6
2.2. The setting in Atonement ……….. 8

3. The characters.

3.1. Characters in The Child in Time ……….. 13
3.2. Characters in Atonement ……….. 17

4. The plot.

4.1. The plot in The Child in Time ……….. 23
4.2. The plot in Atonement ……….. 25

Conclusion ……….. 29
Bibliography ……….. 32