The Dialectics of Crisis: The Romanticised Apocalypse in J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and Lars von Trier’s
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Resumo: | The theme of the apocalyptic is often portrayed through films and literature in a pessimistic manner. The crisis of the end of the world, unsurprisingly, is culturally and societally deemed as the ultimate manifestation of catastrophe. Science fiction and experimental films have often reflected this cultural trend, depicting the end of days according to normative behaviours and reactions to death and crisis. However, the optimistic portrayal of the apocalypse is a rarely explored narrative, and its implications for the cultural approach to crisis are of critical interest to studies in culture and crisis. J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World (1962) and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia (2011) are two forms of art that exhibit the more positive portrayal of the crisis of apocalypse. Through their literary and visual creation of the apocalypse, they communicate an often neglected narrative of the optimistic outlook to crisis and apocalypse. This view of the ultimate crisis is, therefore, a unique and rare narrative, here explored through the protagonists of Ballard’s and Trier’s works, who invert the stereotypical and generic reception of catastrophe and crisis and instead posit a theme of the optimistic apocalypse. |
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The Dialectics of Crisis: The Romanticised Apocalypse in J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and Lars von Trier’sThe theme of the apocalyptic is often portrayed through films and literature in a pessimistic manner. The crisis of the end of the world, unsurprisingly, is culturally and societally deemed as the ultimate manifestation of catastrophe. Science fiction and experimental films have often reflected this cultural trend, depicting the end of days according to normative behaviours and reactions to death and crisis. However, the optimistic portrayal of the apocalypse is a rarely explored narrative, and its implications for the cultural approach to crisis are of critical interest to studies in culture and crisis. J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World (1962) and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia (2011) are two forms of art that exhibit the more positive portrayal of the crisis of apocalypse. Through their literary and visual creation of the apocalypse, they communicate an often neglected narrative of the optimistic outlook to crisis and apocalypse. This view of the ultimate crisis is, therefore, a unique and rare narrative, here explored through the protagonists of Ballard’s and Trier’s works, who invert the stereotypical and generic reception of catastrophe and crisis and instead posit a theme of the optimistic apocalypse.Universidade Católica Portuguesa2013-09-01T00:00:00Zjournal articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34632/diffractions.2013.940oai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/940Diffractions; No 1 (2013): Crisicism: The Cultural Discourse of Crisis; 1-22Diffractions; n. 1 (2013): Crisicism: The Cultural Discourse of Crisis; 1-222183-218810.34632/diffractions.2013.n1reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/940https://doi.org/10.34632/diffractions.2013.940https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/diffractions/article/view/940/864Copyright (c) 2013 Siobhan Lyonshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLyons, Siobhan2022-09-23T15:11:46Zoai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/940Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:03:45.626109Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Dialectics of Crisis: The Romanticised Apocalypse in J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and Lars von Trier’s |
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The Dialectics of Crisis: The Romanticised Apocalypse in J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and Lars von Trier’s |
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The Dialectics of Crisis: The Romanticised Apocalypse in J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World and Lars von Trier’s Lyons, Siobhan |
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The theme of the apocalyptic is often portrayed through films and literature in a pessimistic manner. The crisis of the end of the world, unsurprisingly, is culturally and societally deemed as the ultimate manifestation of catastrophe. Science fiction and experimental films have often reflected this cultural trend, depicting the end of days according to normative behaviours and reactions to death and crisis. However, the optimistic portrayal of the apocalypse is a rarely explored narrative, and its implications for the cultural approach to crisis are of critical interest to studies in culture and crisis. J.G. Ballard’s The Drowned World (1962) and Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia (2011) are two forms of art that exhibit the more positive portrayal of the crisis of apocalypse. Through their literary and visual creation of the apocalypse, they communicate an often neglected narrative of the optimistic outlook to crisis and apocalypse. This view of the ultimate crisis is, therefore, a unique and rare narrative, here explored through the protagonists of Ballard’s and Trier’s works, who invert the stereotypical and generic reception of catastrophe and crisis and instead posit a theme of the optimistic apocalypse. |
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