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US 299 World War I: History, Literature and Film

A century ago the Great War was raging. No one knew the death and destruction that would take place and certainly no one anticipated a sequel. Many current global trends and events can trace their origins to World War One.  This seminar investigates the historical analysis, the films and the literature of this war from contemporaries to the present. In recent years a renewed interest has produced new documentaries with a different emphasis than fifty years ago. Students will read classic literature from the period including Henri Barbusse’s Under Fire and analyze films from All Quiet on the Western Front to War Horse. Students will learn how the portrayal of the horrors of the First World War has evolved this past century.