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- Title
Trauma and Storytelling in Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road."
- Authors
Collado-Rodríguez, Francisco
- Abstract
A literary criticism on the novels "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy is presented. The author focuses on the role of storytelling in coping with traumatic experiences in the novels, focusing on the characters of Sheriff Bell and the man. Specific topics addressed include the link between violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), structural trauma and melancholia in the novels, and McCarthy's use of narrative.
- Subjects
NO Country for Old Men (Book : McCarthy); ROAD, The (Book : McCarthy); MCCARTHY, Cormac, 1933-2023; 21ST century American literature; STORYTELLING in literature; TRAUMATIC neuroses; POST-traumatic stress disorder; ESSAYS
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 2012, Vol 48, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Literary Criticism