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  1. 1. Döden lockar med färgrika drömmar : Kapitalistisk realism i The Road och Another Now

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Peter Eriksson; Elliot Burman; [2024]
    Nyckelord :The Road; Cormac McCarthy; Another Now; Yanis Varouvakis; capitalism; capitalist realism; neoliberalism; end of history; future; hope; ideology; marxism; utopianism; utopia; dystopia; optical democracy; Ernst Bloch; Fredric Jameson; postmodernism; post-apocalyptic; The Road; Another Now; Cormac McCarthy; Gianis Varoufakis; kapitalism; kapitalistisk realism; nyliberlism; historiens slut; framtid; hopp; ideologi; marxism; utopianism; utopi; dystopi; optisk demokrati; Ernst Bloch; Fredric Jameson; postmodernism; postapokalyptisk;

    Sammanfattning : I denna uppsats undersöker vi hur kapitalistisk realism, så som formulerat av Mark Fisher, uttrycks i två samtida romaner: The Road (2006) av Cormac McCarthy och Another Now (2021) av Gianis Varoufakis. Vi undersöker även romanernas relation till hopp och använder Ernst Blochs idéer i ämnet. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Ethics after the Apocalypse : Teaching Right and Wrong through and Analysis of Cormac McCarthy's The Road

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Författare :Rim Winssi; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Cormac McCarthy; The Road; Ethics; Consequentialism; Deontology; Virtue Ethics; Swedish National Agency of Education; English; Philosophy; Upper-secondary school;

    Sammanfattning : In our world and our modern society, we have laws, ethics, morality, and religion that guide us, teaching us the basic principles of what is right and what is wrong, and what is good and what is bad. However, what would happen if all of these guides suddenly cease to exist? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, this is exactly what happens. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Story Without Names: The Function of Nameless Characters in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Theodor Myrestrand; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sublime Extinctions in Anthropocene Fiction: Literary representations of geologic force in works by Ballard, McCarthy and Watkins

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Samuel Teeland; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Anthropocene; Extinction; Sublime; J.G. Ballard; Cormac McCarthy; Claire Vaye Watkins; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Art of Carrying the Fire : Carrying the Fire: Motivation for Survival in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Mikael Andersson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :McCarthy; The Road; Morality; Carrying the fire; Factors for motivation; Survival mentality; Religion; Society; Post-Apocalyptic; Paternal love.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is working on exploring what it is that motivates the man and the boy to survive despite the harsh reality they live in. The purpose of the essay is to show four main factors for motivation: morality, religion, society and paternal love. LÄS MER