The Tragic Hero in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms (1929).
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2020
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi –Ouzou
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This research paper deals with the study of the Tragic Hero in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms (1929). Our Major interest in this dissertation is to analyze the novels as modern tragedies. Thus, to achieve our purpose, we have relied on Arthur Miller’s theory developed in his essay “Tragedy and The Common Man” (1949). This present study aims to reveal Stephen Crane’s and Ernest Hemingway’s viewpoints about the tragic hero who is represented as a common man that shares the same problems and struggles of his society. In other words, they try to show to which extent their characters uncover the aspects of the modern tragic hero. This dissertation is divided into two main chapters. The first one is concerned with the analysis of the major characters (Frederic Henry, Henry Fleming, Jim Conklin and Catherine Barkley) under the notions of the tragic. The second one deals with the main themes involved within both works such fighting for dignity, war, courage and death.
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46p. ; 30cm.(+CD-Rom)
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Littérature et Approches Interdisciplinaires.