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Hope is critical : Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Ryan, Matthew
Ryan, Matthew
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The reasons why Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" can be classified as a 'critical dystopia' as opposed to 'anti-Utopian' are discussed. It warns readers against a post-catastrophic present characterized by neo-liberal capitalism and isolation from nature, and offers hope for a changed future unlike the present.
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2008
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Demanding the Impossible: Utopia and Dystopia
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151-162
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School of Arts and Humanities
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Faculty of Education and Arts
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