the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

  Essay assignment: All’s Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque’s novel was a clear critique of modern society, and the Great War. In a 2-3 page essay, explore the ways in which the novel critiques the romantic rhetoric of war, honor, and patriotism? How might this critique extend to nineteenth-century ideas of nationalism? How does Remarque understand the Enlightenment Theory of Progress?