Post-Apocalyptic Redefinition of Homeless Spaces in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
Homelessness undergoes an important change in a post-apocalyptical setting: it becomes the norm, the only reality for the survivors. Through a process of defamiliarization and reinterpretation of the new reality, space goes back to its mythical sphere, where a permanent sense of anxiety and distress...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Valladolid
2020-10-01
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| Series: | ES Review |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/3973 |
| Summary: | Homelessness undergoes an important change in a post-apocalyptical setting: it becomes the norm, the only reality for the survivors. Through a process of defamiliarization and reinterpretation of the new reality, space goes back to its mythical sphere, where a permanent sense of anxiety and distress dominates everything. In the present paper, a new vision of homelessness in the characters and spaces portrayed in The Road is presented. Focusing on the new spatial conception will offer a fresh perspective to interpret how a father struggles in his attempts to instill in his boy a strong system of moral values while travelling through the vastness of a space without boundaries that only has one defining and common characteristic: the road. |
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| ISSN: | 2531-1646 2531-1654 |