ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
ERICH MARIA REMARQUE
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LITERARY STYLE
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA
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• episodic structure
• a panoramic view of the war
• control of pace and tone
• 1st person perspective
• the worms eye view
• everyman and the individual
• documentary realism
• vs literary craft

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WHY IS THIS TEXT SO POWERFUL?
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA
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• the soldiers as boys
• seeking protection / mothering
• fullness of love and care among soldiers

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HUMANIZING VS DEHUMANIZING
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA
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• for the readers
• for the characters
• Is there room for humanization in war?

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Unthinking Aversion A Critique of Violence
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Justice as Fairness and Impartiality Rethinking
a Just War
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Humanity Uber-Alas A Certain Type of Salute to
Nazism
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Enforcing Authority A Violent Monopoly
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IS THIS BOOK STILL RELEVANT?
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA
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This book is intended neither as an accusation
nor as a confession, but simply as an attempt to
give an account of a generation that was
destroyed in the war even those of it who
survived the shelling.