This paper is a review focused on exploring the hegemonic masculinity (HM) and its use in WWI poetry. More specifically, it explored how the available previous literature tackled the concept HM in WW1 poetry. HM was central in literary works during the Great War where the idea of masculinity was used to attract enlisters. Nevertheless, as the war progressed, the soldiers were thrust in trenches and killing fields realised that they had to fight to stay alive. This review paper selected relevant previous studies published from 2005 to 2024 as they discussed the concept hegemonic masculinity and its use in WW1 poetry. These studies were reviewed qualitatively based on pre-determined themes namely i) Hegemonic Masculinity in Pro-War Poems; ii) Hegemonic Masculinity in Anti-War Poems; and iii) Hegemonic Masculine Persona and war experience. The findings reported that the available studies elucidated that the concept was used as propaganda in pro-war poetry, and as a denial device in anti-war poetry. The findings also showed that the war and its complexities affected the soldiers’ attitudes towards the concept prompting them to use it as an act of defiance. It is hoped that this paper opens the stage for the future research and offers interpretations of the previous literature of the same field.
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