HillsLikeWhiteElephants赏析 ppt课件

Iceberg Principle
• How is the "iceberg principle" used in Hemingway's works?
• Hemingway's theory of omission is widely referred to as the "iceberg principle." By omitting certain parts of a story, he actually strengthens that story. The writer must be conscious of these omissions and be writing true enough in order for the reader to sense the omitted parts. When the reader senses the omitted parts, a greater perception and understanding for the story can be achieved.
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Introduction to Ernest Hemingway
(1899-1961)
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Introduction to Hemingway
Hemingway's birthplace in Oak Park, Illinois.
found in his desk drawer after his death in 1961.
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Hemingway showing off his marlin catch with his friend, American bullfighter Sidney Franklin
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His Major Works
• 1925 In our time (published in Paris)
《在我们的时代里》（包括《印第安营寨》）
• 1926 Torrents of Spring 《春潮》 • 1926 The Sun Also Rises 《太阳照常升起》 • 1927 Men Without Women 《没有女人的男人》 • 1929 A Farewell to Arms 《永别了，武器》 • 1932 Death in the Afternoon 《午后之死》 • 1933 Winner Take Nothing 《胜者无所得》 • 1935 Green Hills of Africa 《非洲的青山》 • 1937 To Have and Have Not 《富有与贫穷》 • 1940 For Whom the Bell Tolls 《丧钟为谁而鸣》 • 1950 Across the River and Into the Trees 《过河入林》 • 1952 The Old Man and the Sea 《老人与海》
connotative • The style was described as “iceberg” • The Nobel Prize Committee praised Hemingway
had “powerful style forming mastery of the art”.
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Features of his writing
• Colloquial style: influence from Mark Twain and his journalist career
• Concrete, specific, common-found words • Simple, short, even ungrammatical sentences • Direct, clear and positive style, yet highly
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Hemingway fishing as a young boy.
The Kansas City Star building, where Hemingway took his first job as a cub reporter.
Hemingway at the time of his graduFra Baidu bibliotektion from high
school, 1917
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Hemingway in his World War I ambulance driver's uniform before his injuries.
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A lifelong bullfighting aficionado… two tickets to the upcoming bullfights in Pamplona were
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Iceberg Principle
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Symbolism
• Hemingway disliked discussions regarding the symbolism in his works. The "iceberg principle," however, by its very nature, invites symbolic interpretations and Hemingway acknowledged this in his own subtle way.
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Pulitzer Prize (1953)
• The Old Man and the Sea
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954
• "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"