ErnestHemingway海明威人物介绍theLostGeneration迷惘的一代

1、ErnestHemingway海明威人物介绍theLostGeneration迷惘的一代American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. 1234Contents Life experienceMajor worksThemeStyleHis Lifechildhoodschool lifeafter high schoolWorld warlife in Key WestWorld War IIsuicidechildhoodHe is the second child, and first son *He is raised in

2、 Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago *His father a successful physician，love fishing and hunting*His mother a music teacher*music lessons were useful in his writing and a lifelong passion for outdoor adventure and for living in remote areasschool lifeHe attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and e

3、xcelled both academically and athletically His first writing experience was for the schools newspaper and yearbookafter high schoolHe worked as a reporter for The Kansas City Star( 堪萨斯?星报?) before World War I for only six months World warjoined the Red CrossAmbulance Corps(红十字会战场效劳队)on July 8, 1918,

4、 he wounded but carried an Italian soldier to safety, received the Italian Silver Medal of Braverywhen in the hospital, he met and fell in love with Agnes, a Red Cross nurse but rejectedlife in Key WestIn 1928，he moved to Key West, Florida, to begin their new life At this time,his father committed s

5、uicideDuring the early 1930s Hemingway were busy with hunting, fishing, bullfighting, traveling and writingWorld War IIAfter the Pacific war broke out，he even improvised his yacht as submarine to detect German army and offer the information to American government. In 1940,he created For Whom the Bel

6、l Tolls and in 1952 he published his best-known novel，at least to Chinese people，Old Man And The Sea.suicideDiscouraged by a troubled family background, illness and the belief that he was losing his gift for writing, he quite deliberately shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning h

7、ours of July 2, 1961.Major worksshort stories1923：Three Stories and Ten Poems?三个故事和十首诗?1925：Cat in the Rain?雨中的猫?1925：In Our Time?在我们的时代里?1927：Men Without Women?没有女人的男人?1932：The Snows of Kilimanjaro?乞力马扎罗的雪?1933：Winner Take Nothing?胜者一无所获?1938：The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories?第五纵队与4

8、9个故事?1972：The Nick Adams Stories?尼克亚当斯故事集?1987：The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway?海明威短篇故事全集?1995：Everymans Library: The Collected Storie?海明威故事选集?Figure masterpieces1926 ：The Sun also Rises?太阳照常升起?1929 ：A Farewell to Arms ?永别了，武器?1940： For Whom the Bell Tolls ?丧钟为谁而鸣?1952 ： The Old Man an

9、d the Sea ?老人与海?Spokesman of the Lost Generation 迷惘的一代Definition: term applied to the disillusioned intellectuals and aesthetes of the years following WWI, who rebelled against former ideals and values but could replace them only by despair or a cynical hedonism. This included the young English and

10、American expatriates as well as men and women caught in the war and cut off from the old values and yet unable to come to terms with the new era when civilization had gone mad. Time period: 1920sSource of the name: Gertrude Stein格特鲁德斯坦因, preface to The Sun Also RisesCommon characteristics:Coming of

11、age during the War, having something to do with itDisillusioned and antagonistic against warUnhappy about American cultureExpatiates in ParisMajor representatives: the writers such as Hemingway, F.S. Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, and Louis Bromfield and poets like Malcolm Cowley, E. E. Cummings, and Ezr

12、a Pound.Major themes1. Hemingway Theme with a Hemingway Hero: Hemingways heroes live adventure-filled lives that are driven by courage and limited by fearThey hide a sensitive heart under a tough exterior“Grace under pressure is their mottoHis heroes are hemmed in by forces beyond their controlDefin

13、ition of Code Hero Hemingway defined the Code Hero as a man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful. The Code Hero measures himself by how well they handle the difficult situations that life t

14、hrows at him. In the end the Code Hero will lose because we are all mortal, but the true measure is how a person faces death. The Code believes in Nada, a Spanish word meaning nothing. Along with this, there is no after life.Code heroThe “Hemingway Code of manhood does not involve mere physical stre

15、ngth, sexual potency, or ability to accumulate (or spend) wealth.According to this code, a man is defined by will, pride, and endurance: the endurance to accept pain, even loss-when the loss cannot be avoided; the pride of knowing that one has done ones best, with the courage to act truly according

16、to ones own nature; and the will to face defeat or victory without whining on one hand or boasting on the other. Examples of Hemingway code hero:Frederick Henry in A Farewell to ArmsRobert Jordan in For Whom the Bell TollsSntiago in The Old Man and the Sea2. War: Violent, meaningless, chaotic, purpo

17、seless slaughter;3. Death; 4. Love; (as a response to the horrors of war and the world: Henry and Catherine )5.Fishing, Boxing, Bullfighting, DrinkingThe novelist was widely quoted as saying, My writing is nothing. My boxing is everything. Wring styleSimplicity, economy of expression Diction: concre

18、te, specific, commonly found, Anglo-Saxon, casual and conversational words, with few adverbs or adjectives Syntax: short, simple sentences, which are orderly and patterned, conversational and sometimes ungrammatical.A near stream-of-consciousness narration and interior monologue. Understatement and

19、omission ( Iceberg Theory) “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesnt show.“I sometimes think that my style is suggesti

20、ve rather than direct. The reader must often use his imagination or lose the most subtle part of my thoughts. “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. Hemingways Iceberg Theory - Hemingway His s