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In what ways do the novels Waterland and Austerlitz present the two world wars as challenges to philosophies of historical progress?
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An analysis of the way in which progress in relation to WWI and WWII is presented in the novels, Waterland (Graham Swift) and Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald).
The notion of human progress is challenged by WWI and WWII and the impact it has on the lives of the characters in the novels. The wars resemble a descent into animalistic primitivism and the collapse of the progress of the enlightenment.
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In what ways do the novels Waterland and Austerlitz present the two world wars as challenges to philosophies of historical progress?
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An analysis of the way in which progress in relation to WWI and WWII is presented in the novels, Waterland (Graham Swift) and Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald). The notion of human progress is challenged by WWI and WWII and the impact it has on the lives of the characters in the novels. The wars resemble a descent into animalistic primitivism and the collapse of the progress of the enlightenment.
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