Date of Award
4-20-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
English, MA
First Advisor
Janelle Collins
Committee Members
Kristi Costello; Michael Spikes
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2016 T72
Abstract
Each of Cormac McCarthy’s works contain unflinching violence and gore. A majority of McCarthy critics agree that the presence of violence within his work remain disconnected from each novel's plot and theme. This examination of Cormac McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" illustrates the political and historical relationship between the United States and Mexico, as represented through various characters within the trilogy, and also explores the role that cultural anxiety plays as a primary motivator for violence. The loss of a certain way of life is a major concept found within McCarthy’s work, and the “Border Trilogy” serves as a meditation on this fleeting way of life during the twilight of Manifest Destiny.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Turner, Stephen Michael, "“In the End We All Come to Be Cured of Our Sentiments”: Violence and Cultural Anxiety in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy" (2016). Student Theses and Dissertations. 635.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/635
