Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Pes, Annalisa

Titolo:

The Boredom and Futility of War in Patrick White's Fiction

Anno:

2016

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Formato:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Nome rivista:

LE SIMPLEGADI

ISSN Rivista:

1824-5226

N° Volume:

XIV

Numero o Fascicolo:

15, April 2016

Intervallo pagine:

65-73

Parole chiave:

Patrick White, War, After Alep

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

This article investigates the representation of war in terms of uselessness and waste in the fiction of Patrick White, with a particular emphasis on the short story “After Alep”, written in 1945 when the writer was enrolled in the RAF as an Intelligence Officer. By analysing the story in the light of White’s approach to the war as to “the most horrifying and wasteful period” of his life (Marr 1992: 493), the article attempts to demonstrate how the narrative devices used by White contribute to demythologize the rhetoric of the war and of war heroes in a way that may be instrumental in conveying a message of peace out of the ultimate sense of futility transmitted by any war.

Pagina Web:

http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2016/Simplegadi_15_2016_Pes.pdf

Id prodotto:

92080

Handle IRIS:

11562/944296

ultima modifica:

19 ottobre 2022

Citazione bibliografica:

Pes, Annalisa, The Boredom and Futility of War in Patrick White's Fiction «LE SIMPLEGADI» , vol. XIV , n. 15, April 2016 , 2016 , pp. 65-73

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