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English 436a

English 436a. NOVELS OF THE GREAT WAR. Professor Stephen Ross | @ ghostprof | saross@uvic.ca | 250.721.7237. Why the “Great” War?. A Mills Bomb (hand grenade). biggest war in history to that time 16 million dead another 16 million wounded the “war to end war”. WWI gave us.

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English 436a

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  1. English 436a NOVELS OF THE GREAT WAR Professor Stephen Ross | @ghostprof | saross@uvic.ca | 250.721.7237

  2. Why the “Great” War? A Mills Bomb (hand grenade) biggest war in history to that time 16 million dead another 16 million wounded the “war to end war”

  3. WWI gave us • tracer ammunition • mobile x-ray machines • maxi-pads • tissues • teabags • wrist watches • zippers machine guns tinned food aerial bombardment submarines tanks flamethrowers poison gas

  4. It also gave us trenchfoot

  5. It also gave us trenchfoot Shell Shock

  6. It also gave us trenchfoot Shell Shock the first global pandemic of influenza

  7. It also gave us trenchfoot Shell Shock the first global pandemic of influenza the twentieth century

  8. Degeneration civilization “an old bitch gone in the teeth” ends “not with a bang, but with a whimper” decadence aestheticism miscegenation zionism The West was soft, weak, effeminate, fading, flabby, flaccid

  9. Degeneration Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

  10. craving for • violence • destruction • cleansing • purification • cauterization • purging • explosive change • revolution

  11. craving for • violence • destruction • cleansing • purification • cauterization • purging • explosive change • revolution

  12. Syllabus, Attendance, etc. • http://ghostprof.org/teaching/currentupcoming-courses/436afall2014 • attendance – you’ll be dropped if you don’t come today and Monday • (note to self: take attendance now) • (note to you: if I’m not taking attendance, remind me) • shorter version: buy the books, do the assignments, don’t cheat, come to class (please), talk to me (seriously) • let’s learn something

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