Exploring satire in the early postmodern American war novel
dc.contributor.advisor | Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Robert Bennett | en |
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Kolby Elizabeth | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-17T17:20:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-17T17:20:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | en |
dc.description.abstract | After the Second World War, young soldier-writers such as Norman Mailer, Irwin Shaw, James Jones and Joseph Heller responded to the cultural impact and horrors of World War II by engaging a satire that was meant to not only expose problems of society, but inspire change. Too often, readers mistake satire for pure entertainment. Although satire has a longstanding reputation as comedy, satire is a vital weapon for democratic societies to challenge lies, corruption and the abuse of power. By focusing attention on a diverse range of satiric expression, this thesis aims to fill a gap in the scholarship on early postmodern American war novels and the way they attack systems that objectify and dehumanize human bodies for the agenda of war. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/14539 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science | en |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2018 by Kolby Elizabeth Brown | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Satire | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Postmodernism (Literature) | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | American literature | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | World War, 1939-1945 | en |
dc.title | Exploring satire in the early postmodern American war novel | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
mus.data.thumbpage | 59 | en |
thesis.degree.committeemembers | Members, Graduate Committee: Linda Karell; Zachary Bean. | en |
thesis.degree.department | English. | en |
thesis.degree.genre | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.name | MA | en |
thesis.format.extentfirstpage | 1 | en |
thesis.format.extentlastpage | 83 | en |