Working Annotated Bibliography: The Road
My researched has introduced me to new themes and ideas revolving around The Road. One of these main points is the symbolism throughout the book. Many scholars agree that cannibalism symbolizes over consumption in today's world. This got my thinking a lot about today's consumerism and future affects it can have on the world. For my next research session, I will focus on other potential symbols in The Road.
[online journal article found on LION]
Estes, Andrew, Cannibalism and Other Transgressions of the Human in The Road, European Journal of American Studies, 2017,
Wright, Laura. "Vegans, Zombies, and Eco-Apocalypse: McCarthy's The Road and Atwood's Year of the Flood." Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 22, no. 3, 2013, pp. 507-524. Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isu096
This article focuses on greed and over consumption. It makes the case that this is the disaster that ruined the world. It defines people who eat other people as zombies, which is an interesting idea. This will help me draw conclusions about cannibalism and its connection to over consumption.
[online journal article found using BYU database]
Estes, Andrew. "Cannibalism and Other Transgressions of the Human in The Road." European Journal of American Studies,' 2017, pp. 1-8. Directory of Open Access Journals, https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.12368
This article also considers cannibalism as a way to symbolize consumerism. However, this article gives a brief history of cannibalism which could be useful in future writing.
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Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road.' All Things Considered, NPR, 7 Nov. 2006, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6449817?storyId=6449817
This audio clip focuses on McCarthy's genius use of language. This could be used in my research by demonstrating the language used in symbolizing cannibalism as consumerism was purposeful.
[online journal article found on JSTOR]
Huebert, David. “Eating and Mourning the Corpse of the World: Ecological Cannibalism and Elegiac Protomourning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road.” The Cormac McCarthy Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 2017, pp. 66–87. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/cormmccaj.15.1.0066
This one focuses on cannibalism as well, but in a different light. It focuses on ecological cannibalism. In my research I could focus on the different kinds of cannibalism seen in The Road.
[online journal article found using BYU database]
Bruyn, Ben De. "Borrowed Time, Borrowed World and Borrowed Eyes: Care, Ruin and Vision in McCarthy's The Road and Harrison's Ecocriticism." English Studies, vol. 91, no. 7, 2010, pp. 776-879. Taylor and Francis Online, https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2010.518045
This article focuses on mechanical consumption as opposed to other kinds of consumption brought up in my earlier sources. This article warns that if we continue consumerism as it is now, our posterity might end up living in a world as seen in The Road. This could be an interesting approach and a good way to start concluding my paper.
Wow, it seems like there a lot of sources out there similar to your topic - that's so helpful! Your research has inspired me to look for symbolism for my own topic and book, I think that's a very productive way of using critical theory.
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting to think of cannibalism as symbolism for over-consumption in our society! It inspires me to think of potential symbols in my novel.
ReplyDeleteI really like the audio clip that focuses on language, that's a great idea! Especially in regards to language, hearing how someone analyzes language must be a different experience than reading the same analysis. I definitely want to try this for my paper! I think the idea of an ecological approach will be very rich in your paper-- one thing you could do is highlight evidences of an "Old world" perspective compared to a "New World" perspective: isolation vs. sanctuary and how those affect the way we view over-consumption.
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