Search and Clear: Critical Responses to Selected Literature and Films of the Vietnam WarWilliam J. Searle Popular Press, 1988 - 215 páginas Search and Clear demonstrates that the seeds of war were implicit in American culture, distinguishes between literature spawned by Vietnam and that of other conflicts, reviews the literary merits of works both well and little known, and explores the assumptions behind and the persistence of stereotypes associated with the consequences of the Vietnam War. It examines the role of women in fiction, the importance of gender in Vietnam representation, and the mythic patterns in Oliver Stone's Platoon. Essayists sharply scrutinize American values, conduct, and conscience as they are revealed in the craft of Tim O'Brien, Philip Caputo, Michael Herr, Stephen Wright, David Rabe, Bruce Weigl, and others. |
Contenido
The American Soldier in Vietnam | 16 |
The Adolescent Experience in the Nonfiction Narratives | 26 |
Narrative Style in Vietnam War Novels | 56 |
Vietnam Writing and the Paradoxical Paradigm of Nomenclature | 62 |
Philip Caputos A Rumor of | 74 |
Fact Fiction and Metafiction in James Park Sloans War Games | 88 |
David Rabes Theater of War and Remembering | 105 |
Images of Alienation in Sticks and Bones | 136 |
Vietnam War Novels of Return | 147 |
Bruce Weigls The Monkey Wars | 160 |
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Search and Clear: Critical Responses to Selected Literature and Films of the ... William J. Searle Vista de fragmentos - 1988 |
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Referencias a este libro
Encyclopedia of American War Literature Philip K. Jason,Mark A. Graves Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |