LEH 353 - WWI in Film+Poetry

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LEH 353 - WWI in Film+Poetry - Module 03

The Trench as Metaphor: exploring what trench warfare can tell us about the futility of war.

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Describe Use of symbolism in "Break of Day in the Trenches." What are the symbols used and what does each represent? *

From what point of view is "In Flanders Field” written? Summarize what the speaker is trying to say to the audience. *

We’ve now read two poems by Siegfried Sassoon: Absolution (1915) and Attack (1918). Compare and contrast the tone of these two poems. How do they differ in spirit or how they address the war? Describe why do you think this might be. *

Humphrey Cobb, author of the 1935 book "Paths of Glory," felt 'that our motion picture industry must feel something of a sacred obligation to make the [movie version of the book].' Why do you think he believed this? What types of things were going on while he would have been writing this book that might make him feel this way? *

Owing to the character structure of the original novel, Stanley Kubrick went to great lengths to visually distinguish the environment in the trenches with that of the French army’s command structure in "Paths of Glory." Provide some examples of where this is evident. *

The only female character in the "Paths of Glory," Christiane Harlan (would go on to be Kubrick’s third wife), appears at the end in a touching scene where she is forced to sing to the French soldiers. What do you think this scene is trying to say to the audience? *

In "War Horse," as in any film or narrative, there are numerous symbols. Horses are certainly symbolic, as are the trenches. But what do you think each is symbolic of, and as symbols, discuss how they might relate to each other? *

In Module 1, we watched "Battle of the Somme" and "Hearts of the World" – the former being predominantly a documentary with some staged scenes; the latter being predominantly staged with some on-location shooting. Then, as now, filmmakers and visual storytellers have struggled with how to make the Great War more engaging for audiences, as the real war was, for the most part, quite boring. Discuss how "1917" makes the trenches and the front seem more engaging than the film "Battle of the Somme." *

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