TY - JOUR
TI - From shame as an inherent element to the discursive ethos in some American novels about the Vietnam War
AU - Boulanger, Éric
TI - From shame as an inherent element to the discursive ethos in some American novels about the Vietnam War
AB - In this era, where technical, scientific and technological advances have transformed the face of the armed conflicts, it is legitimate to ask if the realities of modern warfare and the military ethos are still compatible. Since the Great War, the experience of combat seems to be expressed only through negative feelings. Many veterans, for example, have privileged the feeling of shame when it comes to telling their experience. It seems to us that the discursive ethos contained in the American novelson the Vietnam War are designed to modulate and reorient the preconceived ethos that define American combatants within social discourse. That is why we will try to observe how – by attacking the stereotypes and preconceived ideas of the doxas of the time, by invalidating the traditional image of the warrior and by portraying their moral qualities – the veteran‐authors seek to transform the representations of the combatant who nourish the popular imagination.
VL - 2017
IS - Numéro 11 Acédie / Honte, malaise, inquiétude, ressentiment
PY - 2017
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 247
EP - 267
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.17.014.6908
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/de-la-honte-comme-element-inherent-a-lethos-discursif-dans-quelques-romans-americains-sur-la-guerre-du-vietnam
KW - veteran discourse
KW - war experience
KW - morality
KW - discursive ethos