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HIEU 137
July 8, 2002
Lecture 5: "Patriotism, Propaganda and Ideology"

FYI: “How to Read a Film” websites:
http://www.bothell.washington.edu/faculty/mgoldberg/students/readafilm.htm
http://web.uvic.ca/german/439/seq.html
These will be on Course web site home page, for now:
      http://www.geocities.com/dmcgetch/HIEU137.htm [case sensitive]

I.  Introduction

II.  Official propaganda
      1.  Nationalist and religious propaganda
         Beat back the Hun

      2.  Propaganda in the various nations -- 4 examples:
         A.  France
         B.  Britain
         C.  Germany
         D.  America

      3.  General strategies of propaganda
         A.  Portrayals of the enemy
            Martini postcards
         B.  Atrocity propaganda

      4.  Media
         A.  Newspapers
         B.  Posters and postcards
            We Defend the Precious Jewel of Freedom
            Take up the sword of Justice
              Art Slides -- Britain Needs You At Once
         C.  Film

III.  Propaganda responds to events in the war
         A. Lusitania
         B. Edith Cavell
             Edith Cavell 2

IV.  Challenges to official propaganda
         A.  Owen, “Dulce et Decorum est”  (discussion), Sassoon
         B.  Art Slides -- You can view the following slides online:
             -- Otto Dix, War Crippples (1920)
             -- H.M. Davringhausen, Der General (1916)
             -- George Grosz, The Faith Healers or Fit For Duty (1916)
             -- George Grosz, Gluttoonous Feast
             -- Rudolf Schlichter, Hindenburg Bath 1 andd 2  (1924)
          “A German man prefers a bath of steel more than any other kind”
          “Newborn and unrecognizable he emerges from the floods”