13- Ernest Hemingway海明威完整版.pptVIP

Hemingway at the time of his graduation from high school, 1917 Hemingway in his World War I ambulance drivers uniform Hemingways first love, Agnes von Kurowsky Hemingway never forgot his romance with an American nurse , and Kurowsky later became a primary model for the heroine in his novel of World War I, A Farewell to Arms Hemingway trying his hand at bullfighting in Pamplona, Spain Here, he can be seen (right of center, in white pants and dark sweater) confronting a charging bull. “Cat in the Rain” Hemingway in Writing Writing Style 1. Lost Generation: “you are all a lost generation.” 2. Iceberg Theory: “There is seven-eights of it (iceberg) under water for every part that shows…The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” 3. Telegraphic language: economy and understatement. 4. Zero-degree End: No feeling shown in the end of the story. 5. Code Hero: His protagonists are typically stoic males who must show grace under pressure. 6. The Theme of Nada or Nothingness 1. Lost Generation American poet Gertrude Stein actually coined the expression “lost generation”. It is a term that has come to define a group of American writers who lived and rose to prominence in Europe during the 1920s. Full of youthful idealism To drank excessively Devoid of faith Alienation from civilization 2. Iceberg Theory “If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. - Death in the Afternoon 3. Code Hero decidedly masculine manhood sensitive and intelligent a man of action with few words stoic and self-disciplined in a dreadful place keeping emotions under control unyielding heroism: Grace under Pressure “Man is not made for defeat …” “[a] man