近期的兩部美國小說，伍綺詩2014年的《無聲告白》及瑪麗蓮·羅賓遜2008年的《家園》皆描繪了家庭中持續存在的父權制，小說中的女性在對女性特質的期望中掙扎，而背離白人社會期待的男性則目睹自身的男子氣概受削弱。本論文探討了四位核心男性角色如何經歷男子氣概的危機，以及他們最終如何在性別、階級、種族和宗教形塑的社會壓力下受挫。
　　本文第一章旨在討論《無聲告白》瑪芮琳的反抗和《家園》葛洛莉的順從，分析了不同形式的壓迫。在伍綺詩的非線性結構中，瑪芮琳見證了她早已錯失的女性獨立之新可能性，而羅賓遜對日常細節的聚焦，突顯了葛洛莉受限於柏頓家中持續的父權制意識形態。第二章揭示《無聲告白》中，詹姆斯·李與追求女性獨立的白人女性之婚姻，使他在美國社會搖搖欲墜的地位備受威脅，《家園》中傑克與黑人女性的秘密婚姻則使他自認為是對白人社區的潛在威脅。第三章討論了男子氣概的危機如何使白人和非白人的核心男性角色變為脆弱。當女性角色的困境在《無聲告白》女兒之死及《家園》葛洛莉不孕的可能而終止，兒子生命的延續表明男性在《無聲告白》中持續受限於橫跨世代的種族主義，或在《家園》面臨未知的未來，負重前行。

Two recent American novels, Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You (2014) and Marilynne Robinson's Home (2008), depict the persistence of patriarchy within the family, whether it is women struggling with expectations of femininity, or men breaching the boundaries of white society's expectations who see their masculinity undermined. This thesis examines how four central male characters experience the crisis of masculinity, and how they are defeated by social pressures shaped by gender, class, race, and religion.
Chapter One analyzes different forms of oppression in discussing Marilyn's resistance (EINTY) and Glory's conformity (Home). In Ng's nonlinear structure, Marilyn witnesses new possibilities for women's independence that she has already lost. Robinson's focus on everyday detail shows the quotidian persistence of patriarchal ideology in Glory's confinement within the Boughton house. Chapter Two demonstrates that marriage to a white woman who pursues female independence threatens James Lee's shaky position in American society (EINTY), and secret marriage to a black woman leads to Jack's perception as a potential threat to the white community (Home). Chapter Three discusses how the crisis of masculinity taints both white and non-white central male characters as effeminate. Whereas the sufferings of female characters are terminated due to the death of daughters (EINTY) and possible infertility (Home), the continuation of sons' lives indicates that men are restricted by racism across generations (EINTY) or face an uncertain future with the continuing responsibility to be a patriarch (Home).

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