Tag Archives: Landscape
A Surreal Landscape
We’ve discussed to a large extent the role that violent acts play in Blood Meridian, but there’s a whole other half of the book that wasn’t much discussed in class—the in-between scenes in the desert landscapes where nothing special happens … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Landscape, Surrealism
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War. War never changes.
If Cormac McCarthy played video games, which do you think would be his favorite? My Choice would be the Fallout Series. The Fallout series takes place in the future, in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear war. The radiation has … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, desert, Fallout, Landscape, Violence
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Fragments Regarding Fleeting and Permanent American Nightmares:
…the very opposite of the American Dream. They aren’t dependable. They are inconsistent and unreliable, both in calamity and prosperity. Momentary “nightmares” are threaded throughout every single one of the texts we’ve looked at this semester. They don’t last physically, but … Continue reading
My Thoughts on “Koyaanisqatsi”
When I watched Koyaanisqatsi in class today, I was initially placed in a state of uninterrupted thinking, but did not know exactly it was for me to be thinking about aside from the idea of American landscape. As the segment … Continue reading
