PLCR 537 - War in Literature & Film

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

PLCR - Center Soc & Pub Policy

Description:

The course explores how popular film, art, and memoirs, grapple with broader questions of war's human costs, of responsibility for war crimes and atrocities, and of the politics of war. Specific topics include nationalism and humanism in WWI (All Quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory); war trauma and its legacies (Spiegelman's Maus, Levi's Survival in Auschwitz, Shay's Achilles in Vietnam, Mezuman's Jenin Diary); nuclear deterrence (Dr. Strangelove); mythmaking and de-bunking (Saving Private Ryan, Rambo, O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone). Most perspectives explored are American, but the course also includes works by non-U.S. artists.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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