Not all gallantry, gongs and glory: wartime in popular american novels
Abstract This article discusses perceptions of World War II in modern American literature. Authors acknowledge novels inspired by their authors’ combat, and discuss visions of war, aims of wartime literature and major literary archetypes. Material and methods The authors analyzed the most popular A...
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Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II
2023-09-01
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This article discusses perceptions of World War II in modern American literature. Authors acknowledge novels inspired by their authors’ combat, and discuss visions of war, aims of wartime literature and major literary archetypes.
Material and methods
The authors analyzed the most popular American novels devoted to the subject of World War II. The analysis covered the visions of war, war literature functions and aims, and major literary archetypes of characters affected by war.
Results
Literary visions of war vary considerably between historical, fictive, realistic, non-realistic, humorous or self-critical. Functions of war literature include: glorifying or demystifying war, but also healing both authors and readers. Also, many literary archetypes can be distinguished.
Conclusions
War in literature is presented as a time of glory and a catastrophe. Attitudes to war in novels vary from historical to fictive, realistic to non-realistic, or humorous, and some novels glorify war while others condemn it. Literary archetypes also vary considerably. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d5ce4382ffe9419ebb232000c1c8d6a42025-08-20T02:27:43ZengAkademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła IIRozprawy Społeczne2657-93322023-09-0117114315010.29316/rs/169168169168Not all gallantry, gongs and glory: wartime in popular american novelsAdrianna Białecka0Barbara Ewa Struk1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2747-0240Zakład Neofilologii, Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II, PolskaZakład Neofilologii, Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II, PolskaAbstract This article discusses perceptions of World War II in modern American literature. Authors acknowledge novels inspired by their authors’ combat, and discuss visions of war, aims of wartime literature and major literary archetypes. Material and methods The authors analyzed the most popular American novels devoted to the subject of World War II. The analysis covered the visions of war, war literature functions and aims, and major literary archetypes of characters affected by war. Results Literary visions of war vary considerably between historical, fictive, realistic, non-realistic, humorous or self-critical. Functions of war literature include: glorifying or demystifying war, but also healing both authors and readers. Also, many literary archetypes can be distinguished. Conclusions War in literature is presented as a time of glory and a catastrophe. Attitudes to war in novels vary from historical to fictive, realistic to non-realistic, or humorous, and some novels glorify war while others condemn it. Literary archetypes also vary considerably.https://rozprawyspoleczne.edu.pl/Not-all-gallantry-gongs-and-glory-wartime-in-popular-american-novels,169168,0,2.htmlvictimwartime literaturedemystifying warwarrior |
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