The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature

Šteko, Marko

undergraduate thesis

The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015. urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

Šteko, Marko

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Šteko, M. (2015). The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

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Šteko, Marko. "The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

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Šteko, M. (2015). 'The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 30 June 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

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Šteko M. The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2015 [cited 2024 June 30] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

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M. Šteko, "The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2015. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:936974

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Title	The Portrayal of the Soldier in American Civil War Literature
Title (croatian)	Prikaz vojnika u književnosti Američkog građanskog rata
Author	Marko Šteko
Mentor	Jadranka Zlomislić (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek
Defense date and country	2015-09-16, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	America’s entire history is intertwined with war; therefore, war has become a part of the American culture. Even today, it is legal for civilians in the U.S.A. to carry weapons due to the 2nd Amendment of the American Constitution. In the American Civil War (1861-1865), many young men and boys enlisted into the Union or Confederate army due to propaganda which glorified war and promised them certain victory, reputation and financial status after the war. However, there is another truth concerning war which is mostly omitted: every side has casualties and every war is terrible. This paper analyzes the first American anti-war novel, The Red Badge of Courage (1895) by Stephen Crane, and Cold Mountain (1997) by Charles Frazier. In these novels, the protagonist soldiers are portrayed as men who experience the horrors of war: they are transformed by the pain they experience and the many meaningless deaths they witness. They reject romanticized notions of war heroism and they wage psychological battles with themselves and their fears. They are portrayed as normal human beings, full of weaknesses and strengths, to whom the readers can relate. Finally, they serve as a reminder to the reader that there is neither glory nor romance in war, that there is no honor in killing others and that there is no soldier without weaknesses and fears.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:936974
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: German Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
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