Name: Going Scapegoat: Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture
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Author: Buchanan, David A.
ISBN: 9781476666587

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Going Scapegoat: Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture

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Physical Book

Author

David A. Buchanan

Publisher

McFarland and Company, Inc.

Language

English

Pages

232

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.7x0.8 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781476666587

Synopsis "Going Scapegoat: Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture"

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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