Is patriarchy a trait in Cormac McCarthy’s fiction? Characterisation of women in Suttree

Abstract

— Many critics uphold the characterization of women in the fiction of Cormac McCarthy only as a
dormant factor and not as a force that drives the fiction or the characters in the novel. Reading the novels of
McCarthy with hypermasculine perspectives have become a stimuli to either view Cormac McCarthy as a
misogynist or to debate on his novels refrain from women characters in general. But the research done
intends to attempt to make an in depth study of McCarthy’s women characters in his novel Suttree and to
identify his considerations about women especially the women of Appalachia..