Gavroche and the Great War
Soldier Gouaille and the Legend of the Poilu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Libby Murphy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-133 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jwcs.2.2.121_1 |
| OpenAlex | W1979344312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article describes the use of soldier Gouaille or cocky humour in the construction of a consensual typology of the French infantry soldier (Poilu) of the First World War. Drawing on a variety of nineteenth-century literary models, including that of the gamin de Paris, Great War novelists depicted the Poilu as a clever, resourceful, Parisian working-class grumbler and joker. In so doing, they created a model of soldier heroism and of republican patriotism that would have a wide national appeal and that would inform representations of the soldier throughout the twentieth century
Ancient history · Appeal · Archaeology · Art · First world war · Infantry · Legend · Literature · Patriotism · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Typology · Variety (cybernetics · Classics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |