Disillusionment in Evelyn Waugh’s men at arms
Other Title(s)
خيبة الأمل في رواية إيفلين و رجال مسلحون
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Source
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 3 (30 Apr. 2020), pp.113-122, 10 p.
Publisher
Tikrit University College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2020-04-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
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Abstract EN
This paper aims at exploring the leitmotif of, disillusionment in the military life of, the protagonist, Guy Crouchback, in Men at ArmsWaugh's first volume of a war trilogy, Sword of Honour, which is based on his own experience of the Second World War.
It is a grotesque black comedy on the scheme of a chivalric illusion, associated with severe loss of old battles and a series of anticlimactic military defeats where the British-Indian troops fought against the Turks in 1915-1916 at Kut-al-Imara, a small town in the south of This paper aims at exploring the leitmotif of, disillusionment in the military life of, the protagonist, Guy Crouchback, in Men at ArmsWaugh's first volume of a war trilogy, Sword of Honour, which is based on his own experience of the Second World War.
It is a grotesque black comedy on the scheme of a chivalric illusion, associated with severe loss of old battles and a series of anticlimactic military defeats where the British-Indian troops fought against the Turks in 1915-1916 at Kut-al-Imara, a small town in the south of Iraq.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Khamis Khalaf. 2020. Disillusionment in Evelyn Waugh’s men at arms. Journal of Language Studies،Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.113-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1293776
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Khamis Khalaf. Disillusionment in Evelyn Waugh’s men at arms. Journal of Language Studies Vol. 3, no. 3 (Apr. 2020), pp.113-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1293776
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Khamis Khalaf. Disillusionment in Evelyn Waugh’s men at arms. Journal of Language Studies. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.113-122.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1293776
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Journal Articles
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English
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BIM-1293776