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"Plunged Back with Redoubled Force": An Analysis of Selected Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry of the Korean War

Tierney, John

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2014, Master of Arts, University of Akron, English-Literature.
Read together, non-fiction, fiction, and poetry of the Korean War, from American, British, and Korean perspectives, inform one another to create a complex and engaging look into "the forgotten war." Taking a look at National Security documents from the Truman administration as well as Bruce Cumings' War in Korea, the Korean War might be understood from a historical perspective. Now read the fiction and poetry inspired by the war, about the war, sometimes by artists who served in the war, and the cracks begin to show in the master narrative that dictated American and allied nations' policy and action in the Korean conflict. Themes addressed in this thesis are "military readiness", "demeanor and performance", "brutal methods", "politics and propaganda", "bigotry and racism", "counter-culture" and more. The critical approaches used include new historicism, ecocriticism, deconstructionism, and others.
Mary Biddinger, Dr. (Advisor)
Patrick Chura, Dr. (Committee Member)
Joseph Ceccio, Dr. (Committee Member)
106 p.

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  • Tierney, J. (2014). "Plunged Back with Redoubled Force": An Analysis of Selected Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry of the Korean War [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1396829149

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tierney, John. "Plunged Back with Redoubled Force": An Analysis of Selected Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry of the Korean War. 2014. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1396829149.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tierney, John. ""Plunged Back with Redoubled Force": An Analysis of Selected Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry of the Korean War." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1396829149

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)