wwii | Snowy Fictions

War Stories Refuse To Please: The Art of Otto Dix

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jan 27, 2023 | The World, Visual Arts & Sculpture

In the sphere of literature and film studies, it’s not uncommon to critique portrayals of war. Certain ‘war stories’ have provoked controversy: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littel, Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg and...

How Anglosphere Literature And Film Portrays WWII

by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jan 1, 2021 | Cinema, General Fiction, History, literature

How should literature and film depict WWII? What are the problems writers encounter when depicting The Holocaust, The Blitz, Hitler Youth, And Pearl Harbor? WWII remains an interesting topic for writers in the Anglosphere. It’s easy to see why: the impact WWII...