In this paper, I argue that novels of the same genre may communicate with each other, spanning time and space to recontextualize the realities of books that both preceeded and came after one another. I use Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (1985) and Hernan Diaz' In the Distance (2018) to illustrate my theory, focusing on the issues of masculinity presentet in both novels. While In the Distance cannot rectify the issues reader may have with Blood Meridian, the connections they share may assist in "filling in the blanks".
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-521354 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Waller Kaustinen, Ulf Anton |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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