War and Literature: Some Examples of Related Issues
 
WWI, II
Hiroshima and
Japanese modernization
cold war
Vietnam—Vietnamese side
Vietnam—U.S. side
  • military imperialism
      • Nazi –purification, 
    		 imperial system --
    Mishima (三島由紀夫) &  Oe (大江健三郎)    		 Dr. Strange Love 　 American expansionism, cowboy, frontier spirit 
  • national boundaries and immigrants


    • p.o.w. in Slaughterhouse-V

    		 Displacements and fragmentation in Obasan exchange office in
    Dr. Strange Love    		 《姓越名南》“Surname Viet, Last Name Nam” "The Wall, the House, the Sky"
  • symbols of patriotism and war


    • "Hi, Hitler"

    		 mushroom cloud, chrysanthemum 　 　 the Memorial, helicopter (chopper)
  • war and sex(heroism & emasculation)
    		•  "Patriotism"; 
    "The Day He Himself Wipes My Tears Away"
    "The Catch"
    Dr. Strangelove's arm
    		 "The Wall, the House, the Sky" Rambo, In Country
  • war –
  • its lust/love for killing & death

    • SV
    Roland Weary and his love for torture    		 　

    　

    　

    		 　 　 Stunt Man (Lucky's experience of killing Jerries and gooks alike)
    survival --
    --memory and ritual as ways of 
    healing

    --adaptation

    		 Obasan

    《平城狸合戰》

    		 　 "The Slope of Life"
    "Tony D"    		 　
  • literary/cultural representations of wars:
    • realism—SH-V description of the war
    symbolism and poetic language

    fairy tales/myth

    fantasy SH-V--Tralfamadore

    black comedy SH-V—So it goes.
     
     

         		"Summer Flower"

    Obasan

    		 Dr. Strangelove: 
    dark comedy
    		 stories about Vietnam War  (minimalism) In Country

    "American Blues"

    Stuntman: metafilm with elaborate plot; film within the film: dark comedy