Absurdity and Revolt in Cormac McCarthy’s <i>The Road</i>
Camus’ notions of absurdity and revolt remain relevant today, especially with respect to very recent developments in the growing role of electronic and digital mass media. Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel The Road, describing a father and child’s journey after the world as we know it has been destroyed,...
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| description | Camus’ notions of absurdity and revolt remain relevant today, especially with respect to very recent developments in the growing role of electronic and digital mass media. Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel The Road, describing a father and child’s journey after the world as we know it has been destroyed, is used to highlight the nature of absurdity and revolt in their updated early 21st century version. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8fa5bafe4bf4036a085fbfceaaf05f02022-12-21T21:55:47ZengUniversity of WindsorPhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture1911-15762012-05-017110.22329/p.v7i1.3339Absurdity and Revolt in Cormac McCarthy’s <i>The Road</i>MICHAEL KERENCamus’ notions of absurdity and revolt remain relevant today, especially with respect to very recent developments in the growing role of electronic and digital mass media. Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel The Road, describing a father and child’s journey after the world as we know it has been destroyed, is used to highlight the nature of absurdity and revolt in their updated early 21st century version.https://phaenex.uwindsor.ca/index.php/phaenex/article/view/3339 |
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