WWI in John Dos Passos' Novels

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of First World War in the novels One Man's Initiation: 1917 and Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos. This paper provides literary context of John Dos Passos and a brief summary of the American involvement in the First World War. Then it explains several crucial terms for this thesis such as trench warfare and shell shock and subsequently analyses them in both aforementioned novels. Also, this thesis analyses the literary techniques used in both novels and tries to explain their usage.