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2. 1. Ideology and Symbolism in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy

   Author : Fredrik Svensson; Magnus Ullén; Maria Holmgren Troy; Nicholas Monk; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cormac McCarthy; Pierre Macherey; Marxism; ideology; affordances; symbolism; ecocriticism; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study homes in on the ideological significance of American author Cormac McCarthy’s literary symbolism. Focusing in particular on the author’s tendency to merge hu­manity and the environment by way of metaphor, simile, and personifica­tion, the study demonstrates how the ethical and political import of this aesthetic is open to dispute. READ MORE