Book
The Soldier in French Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
(2009)
Abstract
This article traces the image of the soldier in representative French iterary works of the 20th and 21st centuries while relating the discussion to the development of French nationhood. Barbusse's Le Feu, Chamson's Le Puits des miracles, Vercors' Le Silence de la mer, and Ehni's Algérie roman will all be considered within the sociopolitical frameworks described by Weber and Bhabha.
Keywords
- Soldier,
- France,
- First and Second World Wars,
- Algerian War,
- Nationhood
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Publisher Statement
Intellect Publishers states that authors can put the pre-print version of their articles in their universities' repositories.
Citation Information
Jane E Evans. The Soldier in French Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries. (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jane_evans/7/