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Karen Ette
Karen
Ette
Heroism in the abstract: a novel and critical analysis of the research
Loughborough University
2016
First World War
World War 1
Great War
Syston
Leicestershire
Battle of Loos
Hohenzollern
Fact-based-fiction
Historical fiction
Tigers
Diary
Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified
2016-06-17 15:23:35
Thesis
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Heroism_in_the_abstract_a_novel_and_critical_analysis_of_the_research/9327029
This PhD thesis comprises a section of my novel, Heroism in the Abstract and a
concomitant critical analysis of the research carried out in its creation and
development.
The critical analysis investigates, in the light of evidence-based research,
why it might be that the second Battle of Loos (or Battle of the Hohenzollern
Redoubt) has not been represented in previous works of fiction, being eclipsed by
the later conflicts of the Somme and Passchendaele. There is also enquiry as to the
reasons for the absence of Leicestershire and in particular the Leicestershire
Regiment, from fiction set during the Great War.
This critical reflection further considers the use of realism in writing about
war, weighs some of the myths, legends and clichés associated with the Great War
against historical fact and concludes with an examination of the writer’s ethical
responsibilities when writing about ‘real people’. [Continues.]