ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

1. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

2. LITERARY STYLE ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE • episodic structure • a panoramic view of the war • control of pace and tone • 1st person perspective • the “worm’s eye view” • everyman and the individual • documentary realism vs literary craft

3. WHY IS THIS TEXT SO POWERFUL? ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE • the soldiers as boys • seeking protection / mothering • fullness of love and care among soldiers

4. HUMANIZING VS DEHUMANIZING ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE • for the readers • for the characters • Is there room for humanization in war?

5. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Unthinking Aversion: A Critique of Violence

6. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Justice as Fairness and Impartiality: Rethinking a Just War

7. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Humanity Uber-Alas: A Certain Type of Salute to Nazism

8. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE Enforcing Authority: A Violent Monopoly

9. IS THIS BOOK STILL RELEVANT? ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

10. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – ERICH MARIA REMARQUE “This book is intended neither as an accusation nor as a confession, but simply as an attempt to give an account of a generation that was destroyed in the war – even those of it who survived the shelling.”