Going Scapegoat : Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture EPUB
by Buchanan David A. Buchanan
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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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- Pages:232 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Publication Date:12/09/2016
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- ISBN:9781476626734
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:232 pages
- Publisher:McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- Publication Date:12/09/2016
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- ISBN:9781476626734