‘How to write a true war novel’: A study of the typology and structure of war novels
Journal: Research Online (University of Wollongong)
Year: 2021

Thesis The aim of the thesis is to examine the features that are characteristic of the genre of war fiction and draw conclusions about their significance and literary purpose. After a discussion about the changes in the form of war novels from the Napoleonic to the Vietnam wars, the study analyses eight novels in terms of the key features of their use of focalisation, physical setting and narrative speed. In order to do this it proposes a development of Genette’s concept of narrative speed and a