Döden lockar med färgrika drömmar: Kapitalistisk realism i The Road och Another Now
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Death calls with colorful dreams : Capitalist realism in The Road and Another Now (English)
Abstract [sv]
I denna uppsats undersöker vi hur kapitalistisk realism, så som formulerat av Mark Fisher, uttrycks i två samtida romaner: The Road (2006) av Cormac McCarthy och Another Now (2021) av Gianis Varoufakis. Vi undersöker även romanernas relation till hopp och använder Ernst Blochs idéer i ämnet. I McCarthys skildring av människan, samhället och tiden, bekräftas kapitalistisk realism genom glorifiering av bland annat irrationalitet, brutal individualism och det "eviga nuet". Hoppet i romanen är av religiös natur. I Another Now, å andra sidan, ifrågasätts kapitalistisk realism, och alternativa synsätt och sociala arrangemang föreslås. Hoppet sammanfaller här med Blochs idé om det begripliga hoppet.
Abstract [en]
In this paper we examine how capitalist realism, as formulated by Mark Fisher, is expressed in two contemporary novels: The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy and Another Now (2021) by Yanis Varoufakis. We also examine how the novels relate to hope, and use Ernst Blochs ideas on the subject. In McCarthy's depiction of humanity, society, and time, capitalist realism is validated through, among other things, the glorification of irrationality, brutal individualism, and the "eternal present". Hope in the novel is of a religious character. In Another Now, however, the same ideology is questioned, and alternative views as well as concrete post-capitalist social arrangements are proposed. Here, hope aligns with Bloch's idea of comprehended hope.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 44
Keywords [en]
The Road, Cormac McCarthy, Another Now, Yanis Varouvakis, capitalism, capitalist realism, neoliberalism, end of history, future, hope, ideology, marxism, utopianism, utopia, dystopia, optical democracy, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, postmodernism, post-apocalyptic
Keywords [sv]
The Road, Another Now, Cormac McCarthy, Gianis Varoufakis, kapitalism, kapitalistisk realism, nyliberlism, historiens slut, framtid, hopp, ideologi, marxism, utopianism, utopi, dystopi, optisk demokrati, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, postmodernism, postapokalyptisk
National Category
General Literature Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-220735OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-220735DiVA, id: diva2:1836687
Educational program
Programme for Literary Studies and Creative Writing
Supervisors
Examiners
2024-02-112024-02-092024-02-11Bibliographically approved