Trauma, Hope and Destiny In The Road: A Psychoanalytical Reading

Authors

  • N. Divya Chezian Assistant Professor Department of English Andaman College Port Blair
  • Dr. G. Beulah Associate professor PG & Research, Department of English Sri Meenakshi Government College Madurai

Keywords:

Trauma, Psychoanalytical Reading, McCarthy, human behavior, The Road.

Abstract

The subject of the present research is “Trauma, hope and destiny in The Road: a psychoanalytical reading.” McCarthy’s novel represents the features of the post-apocalyptic novel with the analysis of shift of human belief system from hope to loss of hope to the revival of hope at the end. McCarthy’s The Road has strongly represented the crisis of survival of mankind in devastated life where there is no sign of hope and life. The novel depicts the archetypal features of almost all post-apocalyptic novels with details of devastated landscape, destructed surrounding and suffering of mankind. 

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Published

2024-03-03

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 03 (2023): October-December, The Quintessential

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Trauma, Hope and Destiny In The Road: A Psychoanalytical Reading . (2024). The Quintessential, 1(03), 44-55. https://thequintessential.co.in/index.php/files/article/view/86