Essays about: "The road mccarthy"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words The road mccarthy.

1. 6. The Road at the End of the World - Sentimentality and Nihilism in the Journey through the Post-Apocalyptic World of Cormac McCarthy’s Novel "The Road"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Linus Strand; [2013-03-19]
   Keywords : The Road; Cormac McCarthy; road-narrative; post-apocalyptic; anti-road-novel-structure; limbo; journey; apocalypse; sentimentalism; realism;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse the meaning and implication of the post-apocalyptic future portrayed in Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. Propelling the plot of this novel is a journey on the road that is perpetuated in the post-apocalyptic state of limbo, a state that offers no progression for the characters. READ MORE

3. 7. The Road to Despair : Hope and hopelessness in the post-apocalyptic setting

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

   Author : Johan Lindvall; [2011]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay deals with the attitude relating to the portrayal of hopelessness in The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (2006), and to the post-apocalyptic setting in general. Considering how the seemingly meaningless events portrayed in The Road can be related to the traditional Christian apocalypse, and whether it upholds or discards the values found therein is examined in the essay. READ MORE