| Title: | ETHICAL ISSUESA AND AESTHETIC CONTEXT IN CORMAC MCCARTHY`S: THE ROAD |
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| Authors: | ID Hudrap, Vid (Author)
ID Gadpaille, Michelle (Mentor) More about this mentor... 
ID Kante, Božidar (Author) |
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| Files: |  UN_Hudrap_Vid_2016.pdf (789,18 KB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Undergraduate thesis |
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| Typology: | 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
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| Abstract: | The graduation thesis titled ETHICAL ISSUES AND AESTHETIC CONTEXT IN CORMAC MCCARTHY'S: THE ROAD discusses the novel The Road written by Cormac McCarthy from an ethical and aesthetical perspective. It covers issues of morality, its origins and how it is transmitted to the next generation in a world where society and its accomplishments were wiped out by a catastrophe of epic proportions. Here it examines the transmission of values from the father to the son who only knows society after the catastrophe – a society consisting only of father and son and the hostile environment they are subjected to. It follows the journey of a father and son who wander the desolate landscape in search of food and shelter and it deals with the ethical issues they encounter in their path ridden with cannibalistic bands, lone thieves and other individuals. The thesis examines the choices of the protagonists in dealing with other people, ethical conflicts which arise in these situations and between the protagonists themselves, as well as their quest to maintain their humanity. In doing so, it examines the metaphor of fire, the way people make moral decisions, our perception of moral goals and lines – the limits we set ourselves in how we deal with other people. It also touches on the basic concept of cooperation, how it evolved and its benefits for creating and maintaining a complex human society. |
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| Keywords: | Ethics, aesthetics, morality, transmission of morality, society, bright lines, bright lights, conceptual metaphor, cooperation. |
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| Place of publishing: | Maribor |
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| Publisher: | [V. Hudrap] |
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| Year of publishing: | 2016 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-58808 |
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| UDC: | 821.111(73)-311.2.09:17(043.2) |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 22239496 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UM:DK:FF2XWT7F |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 02.06.2016 |
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| Views: | 1780 |
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| Downloads: | 118 |
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| Categories: | FF
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