{"title":"Nostalgia and the Sublime in Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy","authors":"Mahshid Younesi, Hossein Pirnajmuddin","doi":"10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018.40.2.45-62","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolEn este trabajo se estudia la manera en la que Cormac McCarthy (1933-) representa la “sublimidad natural” en The Border Trilogy [“Trilogia de la Frontera”] [(1992-1998), donde esta nocion se establece a partir de la experiencia nostalgica de los personajes, en tanto en cuanto el autor situa en primer plano la inalcanzable “sublimidad natural” del salvaje Oeste, asi como sus fascinantes escenas pastoriles. La revision de algunas teorias de lo sublime, en particular las de Edmund Burke (1757), permitira entender como la sublimidad se combina con un sentido inconsolable de perdida de lo pastoril. McCarthy recrea en primer plano el deseo de los personajes de una vida bucolica y, de este modo, escenifica su propio proceso de experimentacion de lo sublime. El modo en que los protagonistas de estos relatos responden a esta experiencia es entendido en el articulo como un indice de caracterizacion. El articulo desvela tambien la importancia del estilo en la representacion de la “sublimidad natural” y propone que la proyeccion estilistica de esta deviene en “sublimidad artistica.” Asi, la representacion artistica del objeto no es percibida sensorialmente de forma distinta a su naturaleza. Lo sublime instala la consciencia en el sujeto hasta el punto de hacerle creer que la sublimidad es un modo de aprehender el mundo o, de manera mas sencilla, es una cualidad experiencial de la persona. En The Border Trilogy, McCarthy ha llevado al primer plano la “sublimidad artistica” centrandose en la perdida de lo pastoril; de este modo, el autor representa la naturaleza salvaje como el espacio natural ideal. EnglishThis article discusses the way Cormac McCarthy (1933-) represents the “natural sublime” in The Border Trilogy (1992-1998), where the notion is by and large distinguished as a kind of nostalgic experience on the part of characters insofar as the writer foregrounds the unattainable “natural sublimity” of the Wild West as well as its charming pastoral scenes. Drawing on theories of the sublime, particularly those of Edmund Burke (1757), an attempt is made to shed light on the modality of the merging of the sublime with an inconsolable sense of pastoral loss. Foregrounding the characters’ desire to live a bucolic life, McCarthy dramatizes the very process of experiencing the sublime on their part. The modality of the protagonists’ response to this experience, it is argued, becomes an index of character. The essay also reveals the importance of style in representing the “natural sublime” in these novels, arguing that stylistically their rendering of the “natural sublime” approaches what could be called the “artistic sublime.” In this sense, the artistic representation of the object is no longer distinguished from the nature of the object in one’s sensation. The sublime, therefore, grounds consciousness in the subject, making that subject believe that sublimity is concerned with the way one apprehends the world or, simply put, the quality of a person’s experience. In The Border Trilogy, the writer foregrounds the “artistic sublime” by focusing on the loss of the pastoral vision. In this way, McCarthy presents wilderness as the ideal pastoral space of nature.","PeriodicalId":172515,"journal":{"name":"Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018.40.2.45-62","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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espanolEn este trabajo se estudia la manera en la que Cormac McCarthy (1933-) representa la “sublimidad natural” en The Border Trilogy [“Trilogia de la Frontera”] [(1992-1998), donde esta nocion se establece a partir de la experiencia nostalgica de los personajes, en tanto en cuanto el autor situa en primer plano la inalcanzable “sublimidad natural” del salvaje Oeste, asi como sus fascinantes escenas pastoriles. La revision de algunas teorias de lo sublime, en particular las de Edmund Burke (1757), permitira entender como la sublimidad se combina con un sentido inconsolable de perdida de lo pastoril. McCarthy recrea en primer plano el deseo de los personajes de una vida bucolica y, de este modo, escenifica su propio proceso de experimentacion de lo sublime. El modo en que los protagonistas de estos relatos responden a esta experiencia es entendido en el articulo como un indice de caracterizacion. El articulo desvela tambien la importancia del estilo en la representacion de la “sublimidad natural” y propone que la proyeccion estilistica de esta deviene en “sublimidad artistica.” Asi, la representacion artistica del objeto no es percibida sensorialmente de forma distinta a su naturaleza. Lo sublime instala la consciencia en el sujeto hasta el punto de hacerle creer que la sublimidad es un modo de aprehender el mundo o, de manera mas sencilla, es una cualidad experiencial de la persona. En The Border Trilogy, McCarthy ha llevado al primer plano la “sublimidad artistica” centrandose en la perdida de lo pastoril; de este modo, el autor representa la naturaleza salvaje como el espacio natural ideal. EnglishThis article discusses the way Cormac McCarthy (1933-) represents the “natural sublime” in The Border Trilogy (1992-1998), where the notion is by and large distinguished as a kind of nostalgic experience on the part of characters insofar as the writer foregrounds the unattainable “natural sublimity” of the Wild West as well as its charming pastoral scenes. Drawing on theories of the sublime, particularly those of Edmund Burke (1757), an attempt is made to shed light on the modality of the merging of the sublime with an inconsolable sense of pastoral loss. Foregrounding the characters’ desire to live a bucolic life, McCarthy dramatizes the very process of experiencing the sublime on their part. The modality of the protagonists’ response to this experience, it is argued, becomes an index of character. The essay also reveals the importance of style in representing the “natural sublime” in these novels, arguing that stylistically their rendering of the “natural sublime” approaches what could be called the “artistic sublime.” In this sense, the artistic representation of the object is no longer distinguished from the nature of the object in one’s sensation. The sublime, therefore, grounds consciousness in the subject, making that subject believe that sublimity is concerned with the way one apprehends the world or, simply put, the quality of a person’s experience. In The Border Trilogy, the writer foregrounds the “artistic sublime” by focusing on the loss of the pastoral vision. In this way, McCarthy presents wilderness as the ideal pastoral space of nature.
espanolEn该项工作学习如何在科马克·麦卡锡(1933年-)是自然“崇高”,在The Border泰乐琪Trilogia de la Frontera”][(1992),哪里nocion是从nostalgica人物的经历,因此一旦作者让前景自然性质的“崇高”的狂野西部,就是神奇的场景pastoriles。回顾一些崇高的理论,特别是埃德蒙·伯克(Edmund Burke, 1757)的理论,将有助于理解崇高是如何与田园式的迷失感相结合的。麦卡锡在前景中再现了人物对田园生活的渴望,从而上演了他自己体验崇高的过程。这些故事的主角对这种经历的反应被理解为一种表征的线索。这篇文章还揭示了风格在表现“自然的崇高”中的重要性,并提出这种风格的投射成为“艺术的崇高”。因此,物体的艺术表现在感官上并没有以不同于其本质的方式被感知。崇高将意识植入主体,使他相信崇高是一种理解世界的方式,或者更简单地说,它是一个人的一种经验品质。在《边境三部曲》中,麦卡锡将“艺术的崇高”置于聚光灯下,专注于田园风光的消失;因此,作者将荒野描绘成理想的自然空间。EnglishThis条discusses the way自然科马克·麦卡锡(1933年-)管治the“崇高”in the Border泰乐琪(1992),where the notion is by and large distinguished as a kind of nostalgic experience on the part of characters insofar as the writer foregrounds unattainable”自然sublimity”of the Wild West as well as its田园charming scenes。Drawing on不同of the人烟稀少,特别是那些of Edmund Burke (1757), an特意is made to shed light on the modality of the merging of the田园高架with an惘然sense of loss。Foregrounding the characters’desire to live a bucolic life,麦卡锡非常dramatizes the process of国家the崇高on their part。= =地理= =根据美国人口普查,这个县的面积为。这篇文章还揭示了风格在这些小说中表现“自然崇高”的重要性,认为它们在风格上表现“自然崇高”的方法可以被称为“艺术崇高”。在这个意义上,客体的艺术表现形式与客体的本质没有进一步的区别。人烟稀少,因此,球场consciousness in The subject, making that matter认为有关sublimity is with The way one apprehends The world or, simply put The quality of:一个人的经验。在《边境三部曲》中,作者通过关注田牧歌视觉的消失,提出了“艺术的sublime”。= =地理= =根据美国人口普查,该县的总面积为,其中土地和(3.064平方公里)水。