FST-3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Second Sino-Japanese War, Attack On Pearl Harbor, Poetic Realism
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1930s france: sound + fury = poetry: (text book definition: see last weeks notes, full definition would include 2 other factors , the film style factor: poetic realism is not only about fatalistic characters and unhappy endings. It is about poetic expression through realism: poesis = extra-eloquent form of expression, realism = creation of life-like experiences. Fascist campaigns employed a lot of style and eloquence too: 1937: renoir"s la grande illusion takes a strongly humanist stance against, escalation in asia: japan invades china and the second sino- nationalist rhetoric and militarism. Japan sacks shanghai and, by late 1937, takes the capital, nanking: 1938: germany annexes austria. There is little resistance from the allies (france, britain, us: on the same day, germany invades france, occupying paris. Soon: 1940: on may 10, winston churchill takes over as prime minister of, 1939: on september 1, 1939, germany invades poland.
