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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fc53ff3ec0f9438185c1c272ccca0f9b2022-12-21T22:22:11ZengUniversidad de ValladolidES Review2531-16462531-16542020-10-0141112314210.24197/ersjes.41.2020.123-142Post-Apocalyptic Redefinition of Homeless Spaces in Cormac McCarthy’s The RoadSamuel Tascón Olmedo0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4271-1268Universidad de ValladolidHomelessness 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.https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/3973homelessnessspaceplaceredefinitionpost-apocalipse |
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| title | Post-Apocalyptic Redefinition of Homeless Spaces in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road |
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