Two World Wars A Journey of Borden’s Fiction

IntroductionThe topic of develop War I literature and arena War II literature is one that is extensively covered and investigateed by contemporary critics and scholars. However, the nidus tends to be on literature of either one or the other fightfare and not typically on any links between the both. The research that exists is largely centred on either gender or class in the literature, not closely how a particular gender writes about a specific class. Therefore, a dissertation on Mary Bordens taper on aristocracy in the two world state of warfarefares forget attention fill a gap in research on war literature.1.1 Research ObjectiveMary Borden lived through and wrote extensively on both wars and this dissertation pull up stakes establish and illustrate the evolution of Bordens war disposition and philosophies b invest warfare and its impact on society. Bordens narrative focus began as intensely personal and situated in the aristocratic world, which was familiar to h er, plainly evolved between wars and had opened up and shifted in a more semipolitical style by the end of World War II. In order to prove this and explore how the wars affected Bordens constitution, the dissertation ordain pass on to answer the following questionsTo what extent did Bordens novels theorise the events of the two war eras How did Mary Borden valuate the aristocracy and why In what way was her legal opinion of the aristocracy influenced by the wars and her contemporary era as a alone What kinds of themes are adopted in the novels depending on whether they are pre-, during or post-war percentage point and how much do they differ To what extent do Bordens themes reflect the transitions in society and the changing roles of men and women that resulted from the two wars1.2. Proposed StructureThe proposed dissertation forget be structured in five chapters set out roughly the following topicsIntroduction Sets out the biography of Mary Borden in all-encompassing strokes, introduces the research questions and aim set out above and explains the choice to focus on Bordens novels and accounts beca utilisation they more directly show the influence of the war on Bordens consciousness and is less restricted by the mandatory commentary on form that poetry elicits. Borden and World War I Bordens memoir pull up stakes be the foundation that a discussion around her opinions of the aristocracy and its influence on the coming and effects of the war is built. Borden and World War II Debates the new ideas introduced by Borden that were not fork out in her pen on the great war and uses her other memoir to again research how her life at this lay out influenced the thinking in her writing. The impact of war on Bordens literary consciousness Establishes the drive Mary Borden should be read as a war novelist because of her evolving consciousness in her novels regarding the causes and effects of war on society. Conclusion Mary Borden was very(pren ominal) much a novelist shaped by the two word wars and her own heritage strongly influenced her thinking around the impact the war had on herself and society at large.By structuring the dissertation in this manner with the writing from each war in separate chapters the clarity of the argument will benefit in that it is easier to draw upon separate sources and build comprehensive profiles of how Borden wrote about the two wars. Once much(prenominal) profiles have been established, the fourth chapter can use these as the foundation of empirical evidence upon which to base a perspicuous exploration of the evolution of Bordens war consciousness in her writing. This chapter will provide the opportunity for the authors analytical skillset to be proven. lit Review2.1 Primary literatureThe two chapters on the world wars will use two of Bordens memoirs as the foundation for arguing how Bordens life influenced her work. The command Zone will be analysed for the chapter on World War I and go Down A Blind Alley will be used for World War II.Further, the chapter on WWI will centre upon collar novels that present some of Bordens central themes and a chronological celestial orbit of the war The Romantic Woman is a story of aristocracy to begin with the war, Sarah difficult centres upon a love affair during the war and finally Jehovas Day portrays England in the post-war period. Reference will also be do to Jericho Sands and A Woman With White look.As Bordens writing on war shifted in a more political direction around WWII, the analysis will not abide by a particular chronology in this chapter. The main texts are You the Jury setting the stage for the war and depicting it The Hungry Leopard as a work containing Bordens broader political and sociological points thoughts on the war era from 1937 to 54 and bound of Error a work concerned with colonialism and its role in the war. some other referenced works will include Catspaw and Passport for a young woma n.2.2 unoriginal sourcesThese will include a mixture of historical sources and literary criticism. sing Actons theories set forth in Diverting the Gaze The unobserved Text in Womens War Writing will be used for some literary theory concerning women writing about war and the discussions on Bordens life and memoirs will be substantially back up by Jane Conways Bordens biographer work.Literary critics will include M. Higonnet, S. Ouditt,, F. Mort and T. Tate as they have all done substantial work concerning female writers of the war and their relationship to identity. Historical background will be works by B.A. Waites, M.L. Bush and B.W. Tuchman along with other sources yet to be identified. MethodologyThe betterment will be independent analysis of the primary sources, using indirect sources primarily to argue against and some to support and provide background. Further sources will be identified by using Jane Conways the bibliographies of Conway and other sources already id entified as well as web searches on databases such as JStor and Project Muse. Preliminary Bibliography4.1 Primary literatureBorden, M., 1929. The Forbidden ZoneBorden, M., 1946. Journey Down A Blind AlleyBorden, M., 1916. The Romantic WomanBorden, M., 1931. Sarah DefiantBorden, M., 1929. Jehovas DayBorden, M., 1925. Jericho SandsBorden, M., 1930. A Woman With White EyesBorden, M., 1952. You the JuryBorden, M. 1956. The Hungry LeopardBorden, M., 1954. Margin of ErrorBorden, M., 1950. CatspawBorden, M., 1939. Passport for a Girl 4.2. Secondary sourcesGubar, S., Gilbert, S.M. The Madwoman in the Attic. 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