THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE WORKS OF GASTON LEROUX

Chekalov Kirill Aleksandrovich
The Gorky Institute of World Literature, Moscow
Doctor of Philology, Director of the Classical Literature of the West and Comparative Literature Department

Abstract
The article is the first resumptive essay of Gaston Leroux’s little-known works, created during the First World War. The works in question are considered in the overall context of works of this author, prominent in the domain of the French popular literature. His use of literary traditions (primarily the tradition of Jules Verne) is also taken into account.

Keywords: battle, germanophobia, macabre, mass literature, novel, revenge, spy, World War I


Category: Literature

Article reference:
The First World War in the works of Gaston Leroux // Humanities scientific researches. 2016. № 2 [Electronic journal]. URL: https://human.snauka.ru/en/2016/02/14280

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