THE DE-TOTALIZATION OF HISTORY IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (1990)
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| contents | THE DE-TOTALIZATION OF HISTORY IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (1990) Giséle Manganelli Fernandes Lengua y Literatura truth fiction Tim O’Brien Vietnam War Postmodernism This paper aims at discussing how Tim O’Brien, a veteran of the Vietnam War, reviews the American involvement in the conflict in his novel The Things They Carried (1990). The author shows the perspective of the soldiers in the stories and, therefore, presents other possibilities to analyze that historical fact. The interplay of fiction and truth is essential for O’Brien to reach the objective of reevaluating official history in order to make the readers rethink the past. 2010 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348697002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.59 |
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| spellingShingle | THE DE-TOTALIZATION OF HISTORY IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (1990) Giséle Manganelli Fernandes Lengua y Literatura truth fiction Tim O’Brien Vietnam War Postmodernism THE DE-TOTALIZATION OF HISTORY IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (1990) Giséle Manganelli Fernandes Lengua y Literatura truth fiction Tim O’Brien Vietnam War Postmodernism This paper aims at discussing how Tim O’Brien, a veteran of the Vietnam War, reviews the American involvement in the conflict in his novel The Things They Carried (1990). The author shows the perspective of the soldiers in the stories and, therefore, presents other possibilities to analyze that historical fact. The interplay of fiction and truth is essential for O’Brien to reach the objective of reevaluating official history in order to make the readers rethink the past. 2010 artículo científico 2175-8026 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=478348697002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4783 Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies (Brasil) Num.59 |
| title | THE DE-TOTALIZATION OF HISTORY IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED (1990) |
| topic | Lengua y Literatura truth fiction Tim O’Brien Vietnam War Postmodernism |
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