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They’re Heading West : Post-Apocalyptic Visions on the Road
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‘Hitting the road’ has always been a significant act in the American culture, since it represents the opportunity for a new life. In most road movies, the road is often depicted either in a positive way or, in contrast, as the escape route for outlaws. Nevertheless, the road can similarly represent a place of violence and destruction, functioning ‘either as a utopian fantasy of homogeneity and national coherence, or as a dystopic nightmare’ (Cohan and Hark 1997: 3). The aim of this article is to analyze (post) apocalyptic road movies as critical dystopian narratives that present a horrific future while simultaneously functioning as a metaphor for the present, by pointing to dreadful, but possible alternative realities that, nonetheless, are not devoid of hope.
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Journey Road movies (Post) apocalyptic cinema Science fiction
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BELLS – Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies. Vol. VII. Belgrade. 2015. 75-93