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The Age of Modernism 1918 – 1945 Social Characteristics of Modernism The First World War greatly shook American’s traditional belief in freedom, democracy, especially God People generally felt lost, and even desperate There was a picture of universal spiritual “wasteland” Characteristics of Writers reflect on humans themselves look at the American society and the American system from a critical point of view try new literary forms and techniques in order to best illustrate the sense of fragments and “wasteland” of the time A Clean Well-lighted Place -- by Ernest Hemingwei A Clean Well-lighted Place Brief Introduction of the Author Appreciation of the Writing Brief Introduction of the Author Ernest Hemingwei (1899 -- 1961) a doctor’s family high school; journalist World War One; volunteer recruited; ambulance driver sent to the front wounded; in Italy shattering nightmarish his life writings; affected settled down in Paris; foreign reporter shot himself shocked an era had come to an end representative; writers; Lost Generation black naturalistic view of the world see life as “all a nothing” battle; force; lose protagonist; sensitive psychological emotional wounds tough guy brave; upright; keeping emotions under control; stoic; self-disciplined act out; code of conduct grace under pressure dignity in face of adversity all his life about one theme important writings include: In Our Time 《在我们的时代》1925 The Sun Also Rises《太阳照样升起》1926 A Farewell to Arms《永别了，武器》1929 For Whom the Bell Tolls《丧钟为谁而鸣》1940 The Old Man and the Sea《老人与海》1952 embody (体现); code of conduct won; the Nobel Prize in Literature; 1954 Appreciation of the Writing Summary of the Story cafe; closing waiters; customer; leave eager to leave for home understand the old man’s need reveals man’s inner world sense of nothingness continuous loss in life. ice-berg principle ice-berg principle one eighth seven eighths; left for readers dis