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@article{ART002031680},
author={Jun, Soyoung},
title={Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2015},
volume={40},
pages={91-110},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jun, Soyoung
TI - Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2015
VL - 40
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 91
EP - 110
SN - 1598-0685
AB - Both Plato and More imagined alternative ways of organizing society. What is common to both authors, then, is the fact that they resorted to fiction to discuss other options. They differed, however, in the way they presented that fiction. The concept of utopia is no doubt an attribute of modern thought, and one of its most visible consequences. But one of the main features of utopia as a literary genre is its relationship with reality. Utopists depart from the observation of the society they live in, note down the aspects that need to be changed and imagine a place where those problems have been solved. After the two World Wars, the twentieth century was predominantly characterized by man's disappointment at the perception of his own nature. In this context, utopian ideals seemed absurd and the floor was inevitably left to dystopian discourse. Both The Road by Cormac MacCarthy and The Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee can be called critical dystopia and critical utopia as they represent the imaginary place and time that author intended a contemporaneous reader to view as better or worse than contemporary society but with difficult problems that the described society may or may not be able to solve. As a changed adventure narrative, they have something in common like open ending, father and son relationship and religious allegory. But the most important thing is that they express the utopian impulse that is still energetic and transforming in the post-modern society.
KW - Utopia;Dystopia;Critical Utopia;The Road;The Childhood of Jesus
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91
ER -

Jun, Soyoung. (2015). Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus. Cross-Cultural Studies, 40, 91-110.

Jun, Soyoung. 2015, "Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.40, pp.91-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung "Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus" Cross-Cultural Studies 40 pp.91-110 (2015) : 91.

Jun, Soyoung. Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus. 2015; 40 91-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung. "Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus" Cross-Cultural Studies 40(2015) : 91-110.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung. Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus. Cross-Cultural Studies, 40, 91-110. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung. Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2015; 40 91-110. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung. Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus. 2015; 40 91-110. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91

Jun, Soyoung. "Between Dystopia and Utopia A Comparative Study on Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road and J.M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus" Cross-Cultural Studies 40(2015) : 91-110.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2015.40..91