scholarly journals El sueño en la penúltima escena en la película No country for old men de los Hermanos Coen y una interpretación del poema Sailing to Byzantium de William Butler Yeats

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Corina Benalcázar Pijal
Keyword(s):  
William Butler Yeats ◽  
Cormac Mccarthy ◽  
Old Men

La presente investigación propone una lectura de la penúltima escena de la película: No country for old men (No es país para viejos) (2007) de los hermanos Joel y Ethan Coen. El filme es una adaptación de la novela homónima de Cormac McCarthy (2005), y ésta, a su vez, es una interpretación del poema Sailing to Byzantium de William Butler Yeats (1928). Si bien el resultado cinematográfico guarda una relación directa con la novela, también lo hace con el poema, pero no de manera evidente. De modo que el presente texto analiza tanto la penúltima escena de la película como el poema, para platear una relación entre ellos. 

scholarly journals La teoría de los modelos de mundo a la luz de Heidegger, Lacan y McCarthy

2017 ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Manuel Asensi Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Cormac Mccarthy ◽  
Old Men

Con el fin de proseguir un análisis de la noción de «modelo de mundo» tal y como fue expuesta en el modelo teórica de la así llamada «Crítica como sabotaje» (2011), este texto lleva a cabo una lectura de la noción de mundo en Heidegger según la modalidad y los términos de la misma crítica como sabotaje. Más allá de lo que sean las «intenciones» de Heidegger en su reflexión sobre la relación entre ser y lenguaje, este ensayo subraya cómo el concepto de «precomprensión» está en la línea de lo que llamamos capacidad modalizadora de los discursos. Esa aproximación a Heidegger se ve acompañada por las referencias de Lacan y de Marx, y es ilustrada a partir de la novela de Cormac McCarthy No Country for Old Men.  

scholarly journals The Action of Grace in Territory Held by the Devil: Flannery O’Connor and Cormac McCarthy

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Singleton ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Cormac Mccarthy ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Flannery O'connor ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Biographical Information ◽  
Divine Grace ◽  
Old Men ◽  
The Devil

This paper compares the lives and work of Flannery O’Connor and Cormac McCarthy. The two authors share similarities in their backgrounds, careers, and work. The paper begins with an examination of biographical information of both authors to contextualize their work and note commonalities in their lives and careers. The central idea is that Flannery O’Connor and Cormac McCarthy both create grotesque characters to reveal the depraved condition of humanity in order to highlight the need for redemption and the possibility of divine grace. To prove this, examples are discussed from multiple pieces of work by O’Connor and McCarthy including The Misfit, from O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” and Anton Chigurh, from McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men. Following this is a review of the visual presentation of No Country for Old Men through the Coen brothers’ film adaptation of the novel.

scholarly journals Anton Chigurh: o insólito vilão de No country for old men

Travessias ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Maria Iranilde Almeida Costa Pinheiro ◽  
Jonas Magno Lopes Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Cormac Mccarthy ◽  
Old Men

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a representação do insólito na obra No Country for Old Men (2005), de Cormac McCarthy, contemplando, de forma mais específica, o estudo do personagem Anton Chigurh, assassino de aluguel que surge na narrativa para cumprir uma missão e que deixa um rastro tenebroso de morte e violência. Esta persona assassina, envolta em uma aura de mistério e incredulidade, torna possíveis algumas interpretações que comungam com o insólito e o fantástico, tanto no texto literário quanto na adaptação cinematográfica dirigida pelos irmãos Cohen em 2007, e gera, com isso, um rico processo de intermidialidade, o que propiciou que esses produtos artísticos alcançassem reconhecimento de crítica e de público. Com efeito, utilizaremos como metodologia de pesquisa a análise de conteúdo; quanto à forma de abordagem, caracterizamos esta pesquisa como qualitativa, e, dessa forma, utilizaremos como referencial teórico estudos que abordam temas como o insólito, o fantástico e a violência, entre os quais destacamos Garcia (2008), Todorov (1980) e Ginzburg (2012). Como resultados, evidenciamos que Chigurh desponta como a representação da morte, visível somente por aqueles que a encontram, mas sem rosto e sem pistas para aqueles que não estiveram em sua presença, tendo ainda seu caráter insólito reconhecido pelo xerife Ed Tom Bell (personagem que, na trama, representa a lei e a ordem), o qual passa a considerá-lo como um fantasma, chegando a duvidar se o assassino é mesmo um homem real, dado os seus feitos chocantes, inquietantes e singulares.

No relation between biomarkers at age 47–49 and aortic diameter after 14–19 years of follow-up – a population-based study

VASA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumia Taimour ◽  
Moncef Zarrouk ◽  
Jan Holst ◽  
Olle Melander ◽  
Gunar Engström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Aortic Diameter ◽  
Aortic Dilatation ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Old Men

Abstract. Background: Biomarkers reflecting diverse pathophysiological pathways may play an important role in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (aortic diameter ≥30 mm, AAA), levels of many biomarkers are elevated and correlated to aortic diameter among 65-year-old men undergoing ultrasound (US) screening for AAA. Probands and methods: To evaluate potential relationships between biomarkers and aortic dilatation after long-term follow-up, levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), proneurotensin (PNT), copeptin (CPT), lipoprotein-associated phospholipase 2 (Lp-PLA2), cystatin C (Cyst C), midregional proatrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), and midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) were measured in 117 subjects (114 [97 %] men) aged 47–49 in a prospective population-based cohort study, and related to aortic diameter at US examination of the aorta after 14–19 years of follow-up. Results: Biomarker levels at baseline did not correlate with aortic diameter after 14–19 years of follow up (CRP [r = 0.153], PNT [r = 0.070], CPT [r = –.156], Lp-PLA2 [r = .024], Cyst C [r = –.015], MR-proANP [r = 0.014], MR-proADM [r = –.117]). Adjusting for age and smoking at baseline in a linear regression model did not reveal any significant correlations. Conclusions: Tested biomarker levels at age 47–49 were not associated with aortic diameter at ultrasound examination after 14–19 years of follow-up. If there are relationships between these biomarkers and aortic dilatation, they are not relevant until closer to AAA diagnosis.

I Rate My Memory Quite Similar at Age 40 and at Age 70

GeroPsych ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-244
Author(s):  
Boo Johansson ◽  
Marcus Praetorius Björk ◽  
Valgeir Thorvaldsson
Keyword(s):  
Change Score ◽  
Subjective Memory ◽  
Memory Decline ◽  
Memory Factor ◽  
Invariance Testing ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Memory Functioning ◽  
Acceptable Model ◽  
Score Model ◽  
Old Men

Abstract. In 1987, we administered a subjective memory questionnaire to 143 40-year-old men, and 30 years later 67 of them again responded to the same questionnaire at age 70. At the follow-up, we also instructed participants to answer the questionnaire in the same manner as they thought they did at age 40 and to perform a picture recognition and a public event test. We employed confirmatory factor analysis to model a latent subjective memory construct. A single-factor solution provided acceptable model fit to data (χ2(12) = 9.33, p = .68; χ2(12) = 10.48, p = .57) and a decent reliability at both ages for the subjective memory measurements (omega = .82 and .93, respectively). Our longitudinal invariance testing revealed only a partial weak invariance. We also fitted a latent change-score model to the data. As expected, participants on average rated their memory as poorer at age 70 than at 40. Those who reported better overall health and less anxiety reported less memory decline up to age 70. Notably, this was also the case for those who rated memory as worse at age 40. Higher stress and depression at age 70, however, were associated with worse subjective memory already at age 40. The correspondences between memory ratings and tests were low. The correlation between the subjective memory factors at age 40 and 70 was 0.58, while the correlation between the memory factor at age 70 and the retrospective subjective memory factor was 0.87. Our findings suggest that subjective memory is quite consistent, and that we are inclined to preserve the continuity of our own memory functioning over the adult lifespan.

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