Depictions of Fear in Lev Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
Bruce Harvey
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Nathaniel Cadle
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
MichaelGillespie
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
fear, cowardice, combat, warfare, vainglory, aesthetic condition
Date of Defense
3-29-2017
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to examine and compare two iconoclastic works dealing with war as experienced by combatants. So much of modern war fiction takes this perspective that one is hard pressed to imagine a time when such was not the case; the watershed was marked in the above named works by the aforementioned writers, which, and who, were first in putting readers inside the heads of common soldiers facing mortal danger. These pioneering authors opened the door to modernist writing about boundary situations involving existential threat, as well as the psychological reactions they evoke – especially fear. Depicting the toll the horrors of war take on individuals has helped humanize its study and enhanced our understanding of what had been a hidden cost of modern armed conflict.
Identifier
FIDC001795
Recommended Citation
Schusler, Ralph Willard Jr, "Depictions of Fear in Lev Tolstoy's Sevastopol Sketches and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage" (2017). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3180.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3180
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