![]() ![]() Based on a qualitative research, the analysis begins with an introduction into the concepts of disaster and emotion. As the last representative of the ‘old society’, he must relinquish the Earth to the ‘new society’, which is now able to keep the disease in check with a pill. ![]() While striving to survive at all costs, he tries hard to find a cure for the disease but is finally caught by the living vampires and condemned to death due to his unrestrained violence against them. ![]() The only human survivor now, he is nightly faced with the massive threat of these infected living and undead vampires, whom the hero kills without mercy day by day, drastically reducing their numbers. A global pandemic appears to have transformed all people into vampires, except for Robert Neville, the hero, who is immune to the virus. Summary/Abstract: This article seeks to examine the emotional impact of disaster in the novel I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson, one of the most celebrated writers of science fiction and horror genre in the 20th century. Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti Keywords: disaster emotion pandemic vampire virus ![]() Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, American Literature Disaster and Emotion in Richard Matheson’s Novel I Am Legendĭisaster and Emotion in Richard Matheson’s Novel I Am Legend Author(s): Shpëtim Madani ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |