Victimizing Zombies: A Study in a Post – Apocalyptic fictions.
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Keywords: (Zombie, post – apocalyptic, Cannibalism (flesh eaters), rejuvenation).Abstract
Apocalyptic theory embraces a variety of ideas concerning reasons for the end of the world. In Literature the apocalyptic concept exists in exploring the conflict between good and evil, to convey messages or to reveal hidden expectations about the future.
In this respect, Zombiesm is a type of post-apocalyptic concept, where the aftermath of social collapse, bio-war and moral decay often depicted as rebirth of corpses to consume the living as a kind of renewal.
Post-apocalyptic theme, is depicted in Zone One by Colson Whitehead and Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry. The two fiction - novels present how human nature can change during the collapse of civilization, and struggle to survive in a world stripped from humanity. Usually zombies are victimizers who eat living humans, yet sometimes this horror reality can be seen from a different perspective, they can be seen as victims for the modern miss use of civilization.
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