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- Author: David A Buchanan
- Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- ISBN-10: 147666658X
- ISBN-13: 9781476666587
- Format: 15.8 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of ""combat gnosticism""--the belief that the experience of war is impossible to communicate to those who have not seen it--that has dominated the discussion. Adapting Kenneth Burke's scapegoat mechanism to the criticism of literature and film, the author examines three novels from 2012--Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, David Abrams's FOBBIT and Kevin Powers' The Yellow Birds--that represent the U.S. military responses to 9/11.
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- Author: David A Buchanan
- Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
- ISBN-10: 147666658X
- ISBN-13: 9781476666587
- Format: 15.8 x 22.9 x 0.8 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of ""combat gnosticism""--the belief that the experience of war is impossible to communicate to those who have not seen it--that has dominated the discussion. Adapting Kenneth Burke's scapegoat mechanism to the criticism of literature and film, the author examines three novels from 2012--Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, David Abrams's FOBBIT and Kevin Powers' The Yellow Birds--that represent the U.S. military responses to 9/11.
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