Gavroche and the Great War: Soldier Gouaille and the Legend of the Poilu.
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 dep...
| Publicado en: | Journal of War & Culture Studies Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 121 - 134 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2009
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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