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| Autor/in | Fuchs, Michael |
|---|---|
| Titel | "Is this really all they had to worry about?" Past, Present, and Future Hauntings in The Last of Us. |
| Quelle | In: Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 44 (2019) 1, S. 67-82 |
| Beigaben | Abbildungen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0171-5410 |
| Schlagwörter | Spiel; Computer; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Gesellschaftskritik |
| Abstract | Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic survival horror game The Last of Us (2013) is mainly set twenty years after the outbreak of a mutant fungus which transforms human beings into zombie-like creatures. The game focuses on the story of Joel, who lost his daughter the day of the outbreak, and Ellie, a fourteen-year-old who embodies hope for humankind's survival, as she seems to be the only human being immune to the infection. In the narrative's concluding moments, Joel is unwilling to sacrifice the girl to distil a cure from her brain issue. When she inquires whether the doctors were successful, Joel lies, telling her that she is not the only one immune to the infection, after all. In this way, he consciously re-constructs the past and tries to define its future meaning. Joel's lie highlights the significance of spectral hauntings to the game text, as the suppressed knowledge of him killing dozens of people in order to save Ellie will inevitably come back to haunt them. Accordingly, the past and future are entangled in intricate ways, as (re-)collections of the past shape both individuals' and the nation's present and future. These influences of both the past and the present on the future-to-come are particularly relevant in the context of the future orientation of the American nation. Indeed, The Last of Us, this article argues, suggests that a future irrevocably altered by anthropogenic actions haunts this key American narrative. (Verlag, adapt.). |
| Erfasst von | Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg |
| Update | 2022/2 |
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