No Real Heroes in Cult Novels: Cormac McCarthy's 'The Border Trilogy'

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

No Real Heroes in Cult Novels: Cormac McCarthy's 'The Border Trilogy'

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The essay discusses the cult potential of Cormac McCarthy's "The Border Trilogy." Comparing several theorists' cult-making criteria, it comes to the conclusion that, while cult fiction is not an independent genre, it is much more than a set of individualworks arbitrarily chosen by their recipients. Cult works share components that go beyond mere reception and turn to their thematic layout. Thomas Read Whissen names alienation, suffering, ego-reinforcement, and vulnerability of a protagonist, and the essay offers several more common denominators: the presence of a moral hierarchy, the theme of quest, the influence of popular culture, characters as types, and no clear victory of the good over evil, or vice versa. From that point of view, the first two volumes of the trilogy, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing are not cult novels, when considered as separate volumes, as they are too immersed in the western imagery. The third volume, Cities of the Plain, is a cult novel in itself,

Název v anglickém jazyce

No Real Heroes in Cult Novels: Cormac McCarthy's 'The Border Trilogy'

Popis výsledku anglicky

The essay discusses the cult potential of Cormac McCarthy's "The Border Trilogy." Comparing several theorists' cult-making criteria, it comes to the conclusion that, while cult fiction is not an independent genre, it is much more than a set of individualworks arbitrarily chosen by their recipients. Cult works share components that go beyond mere reception and turn to their thematic layout. Thomas Read Whissen names alienation, suffering, ego-reinforcement, and vulnerability of a protagonist, and the essay offers several more common denominators: the presence of a moral hierarchy, the theme of quest, the influence of popular culture, characters as types, and no clear victory of the good over evil, or vice versa. From that point of view, the first two volumes of the trilogy, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing are not cult novels, when considered as separate volumes, as they are too immersed in the western imagery. The third volume, Cities of the Plain, is a cult novel in itself,

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Rok uplatnění

2008

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Cult Fiction & Cult Film: Multiple Perspectives

ISBN

978-80-244-2126-1

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

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Počet stran knihy

258

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Palackého

Místo vydání

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