TWO ANTITHETICAL IMAGES OF DEATH IN THE 20TH CENTURY: ABSURDITY AND PARADISE
Iulia-Teodora Driscu
Pages: 128-136
Published: 22 Oct 2024
DOI: 10.62991/LIS1996407556
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Abstract: The aim of this article is to show two instances of the way the theme of death appeared in modernist and anti-modernist texts, with the help of two different authors: Ernest Hemingway and C.S. Lewis. The former developed the image of death as an absurdity in his short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”, while the latter chose to represent death in more optimistic tones, as a gateway to paradise, in the last book of his The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle. The study of these antithetical images of the theme of death will hopefully contribute to a thorough perspective on the literature of the last century.
Keywords: death, absurdity, paradise, hemingway, lewis
Cite this article: Iulia-Teodora Driscu. TWO ANTITHETICAL IMAGES OF DEATH IN THE 20TH CENTURY: ABSURDITY AND PARADISE. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Language, Individual & Society 18, 128-136 (2024). https://doi.org/10.62991/LIS1996407556
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