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English 436aNOVELS OF THE GREAT WAR
Professor Stephen Ross | @ghostprof | [email protected] | 250.721.7237
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Why the “Great” War?
biggest war in history to that time
16 million dead
another 16 million wounded
the “war to end war”
A Mills Bomb (hand grenade)
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WWI gave usmachine guns
tinned food
aerial bombardment
submarines
tanks
flamethrowers
poison gas
tracer ammunition
mobile x-ray machines
maxi-pads
tissues
teabags
wrist watches
zippers
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It also gave us
trenchfoot
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It also gave us
trenchfoot
Shell Shock
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It also gave us
trenchfoot
Shell Shock
the first global pandemic
of influenza
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It also gave us
trenchfoot
Shell Shock
the first global pandemic
of influenza
the twentieth century
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Degenerationcivilization “an old bitch gone in the teeth”
ends “not with a bang, but with a whimper”
decadence
aestheticism
miscegenation
zionism
The West was soft, weak, effeminate, fading, flabby, flaccid
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Degeneration
Oscar Wilde1854-1900
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craving for violence destruction cleansing purification cauterization purging explosive change revolution
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craving for violence destruction cleansing purification cauterization purging explosive change revolution
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Syllabus, Attendance, etc.http://ghostprof.org/teaching/currentupcoming-courses/
436afall2014
attendance – you’ll be dropped if you don’t come today and Monday (note to self: take attendance now) (note to you: if I’m not taking attendance, remind me)
shorter version: buy the books, do the assignments, don’t cheat, come to class (please), talk to me (seriously)
let’s learn something