The Urban Shift of The Western: Inscriptions of Violence in Cormac McCarthy’s 'No Country for Old Men'

The aim of this paper is to analyse of the function (s) of violence in Cormac McCarthy’s novel No Country for Old Men as well as in its 2007 highly praised screen adaptation. The analysis of the use of violence in these works starts from the premises of the embedded, inherent violence of the wester...

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Main Author: Gianina Roman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2011-12-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/265