【英语学习】美国文学-海明威模版课件

1、 Biography Main works Early theme Later themes Stylistic Features Ernest Hemingway18991963Oak Parkfather doctor and mother music teacherunhappy childhoodimposed code of behaviorkeen for sports, hunting, fishingThe Kansas StarWWI, Red Cross, Italywoundedfailed love affairreturned scared both bodily a

2、nd mentally Toronto StarParis, BrideGertrude SteinEzra Poundfather suicideadventurous 30s, Cuba, Africa, SpainWWII, Shanghai, Europe critical failure Nobel Prizemental disease and diabetessuicide, 1963 PlaceAmerican novelist and short-story writer one of the greatest American writers of the 20th Cen

3、tury. Works Novels: 1. The Sun Also Rises (1926)?太阳照样升起? 2. A Farewell to Arms (1929)?永别了，武器? 3. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)?丧钟为谁而鸣? 4. The Old Man and the Sea (1952) ?老人与海? Short Stories:The Snows of the KilimanjaroThe Hills Like White ElephantsA Clean Well-lighted PlaceThe Short Happy Life of F

4、rancis MacomberA Farewell to Arms (1929)CharactersFrederic Henry - An American serving as an ambulance officer in Italy Catherine Barkley - A beautiful English nurse serving in Italy in World War I Rinaldi - An Italian army surgeon Plot The book is the story of a young American named Frederic Henry

5、who volunteers for service with the Italian army in World War I and falls in love with his English nurse, with whom he deserts from the retreating Italian front. Having escaped to Switzerland, they live in harmony until the tragic end of her pregnancy, during which both she and the child die.Theme A

6、 tragic love story compared by Hemingway to Romeo and Juliet. The futility of love and war, exposing the false idealism in wartime and the futility and senselessness of war. Impressionistic realism. 1. Definition Its a term coined by Gertrude Stein and Hemingway quoted it on the title page of The Su

7、n Also RisesYou are all a lost generation. Since then it is used to refer to the post-war generation who are devoid of religious and traditional values, exist only for feverish sensuality or are sustained only by their personal honor. Leading figures : Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Dos Passos, a

8、nd F.S. Fitzgerald. Early Themethe Lost Generation 2 . The Causes of their Lost 1) Development of science and technology, which outdates religion and traditional values. 2) development of humanity and individualism as a result of social development. 3) the W W Ifurther destroyed peoples faith in tra

9、ditional values. Later Themes1 Code Hero 2. Grace under Pressure 3. A Narcissistic and Tragic View of Life Stylistic Features 1. General features: simple, fresh, clear diction , declarative sentences , antiphonal repetition and variation , concentration ,understatement 2. Iceberg Principle or Style The “dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it