Autotextuality, or dialogic imagination in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy

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Issues discussed concern narrative structure and authorial voice in Cormac McCarthy's 'Border Trilogy,' which includes 'The Crossing,' 'All the Pretty Horses,' and 'Cities of the Plain.' McCarthy's texts are approached using the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin on diologism, intertextuality, intratextuality, and autotextuality.

Dialogues, Dialogue, Bakhtin, Mikhail

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"Wars and rumors of wars" in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy

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Issues discussed concern American author Cormac McCarthy's portrayal of war in 'The Crossing,' 'Cities of the Plain,' and 'All the Pretty Horses.' The impact of the Mexican Revolution and World War II on American society is addressed.

Wars, War and literature

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"The lighted display case": a Nietzchean reading of Cormac McCarthy's border fiction

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Cormac McCarthy's novels 'The Crossing' and 'All the Pretty Horses' have elements of Friedrich Nietzche's philosophy. These include references to contemporary chaos theory, differing kinds of knowledge, and the ways illusions impose patterns on the human mind.

Portrayals, 20th century AD, Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, American literature, Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography)

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