Research Paper on:
French Literature and Nationalism

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nationalism. Nationalism is defined. The thesis of this paper, provided by a student, is that nationalism is overtly expressed throughout both Baron de Marbot and The Storm  of Steel through graphic bloody warfare and deep emotional despair. Bibliography lists 3 sources. SA147Nat.rtf Nationalism is  overtly expressed throughout both Baron de Marbot and The Storm of Steel through graphic bloody warfare and deep emotional despair. A student writing a appear on that thesis will want  to delve into each of the books and not only compare them to one another but do so in the context of the definition of nationalism. Nationalism, according  to Ernest Geller, is a political principle for the most part (McLeish, 1993). It holds that the political and national units should be congruent (1993). Despite such a concise definition,  there are different ways of looking at the concept and different people take it to mean different things. For instance, some think it means that every nation should have its  own state while others think that a country can express its right to self-determination within a multi-national context (1993). Conflicts in nationalism emerge when nations do not coincide in terms  of ideology (1993). Explanations as to the spread of nationalism in postmodernity also vary; one theory is that the democratization of the world is responsible for the disarray (1993). In  any event, one can embrace nationalism in the context of the two books, written to denote two different time periods, as something pertinent to the events in the stories, and  something that is unique to the protagonists. Each in their own right are quite patriotic. The authors clearly and succinctly demonstrate nationalism through graphic bloody warfare and deep emotional despair