【英语学习】Ernest-Hemingway模版课件

rnestHemingwa1899-1961rnestHemingwa1899-19611【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件2【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件3Abriefbiography(1)Hestartedhiscareerasawriterinanewspaperofficeattheageofseventeen.AftertheUnitedStatesenteredtheFirstWorldWar,hejoinedavolunteerambulanceunitintheItalianarmy.Servingatthefront,hewaswounded,wasdecoratedbytheItalianGovernment,andspentconsiderabletimeinhospitals.AfterhisreturntotheUnitedStates,hebecameareporterforCanadianandAmericannewspapersandwassoonsentbacktoEuropetocoversucheventsastheGreekRevolution.Abriefbiography(1)Hestarte4Abriefbiography(2)Duringthetwenties,HebecameamemberofthegroupofexpatriateAmericansinParis,whichhedescribedinhisfirstnovel,TheSunAlsoRises(1926).EquallysuccessfulwasAFarewelltoArms(1929),thestudyofanAmericanambulanceofficer'sdisillusionmentinthewarandhisroleasadeserter.HemingwayusedhisexperiencesasareporterduringthecivilwarinSpainasthebackgroundforhismostambitiousnovel,ForWhomtheBellTolls(1940).Amonghislaterworks,themostoutstandingistheshortnovel,TheOldManandtheSea(1952),thestoryofanoldfisherman'sjourney,hislongandlonelystrugglewithafishandthesea,andhisvictoryindefeat.Abriefbiography(2)Duringth5Hemingway-himselfagreatsportsman-likedtoportraysoldiers,hunters,bullfighters-tough,attimesprimitivepeoplewhosecourageandhonestyaresetagainstthebrutalwaysofmodernsociety,andwhointhisconfrontationlosehopeandfaith.Hisstraightforwardprose,hissparedialogue,andhispredilectionforunderstatementareparticularlyeffectiveinhisshortstories,someofwhicharecollectedinMenWithoutWomen(1927)andTheFifthColumnandtheFirstForty-NineStories(1938).Hemingwaydiedin1961.Hemingway-himselfagreatsp6InfluenceOneofthemostfamousAmericannovelist,short-storywriterandessayist,whosedeceptivelysimpleprosestylehaveinfluencedwiderangeofwriters.Hemingwaywasawardedthe1954NobelPrizeforLiterature.InfluenceOneofthemostfamou7Foratruewritereachbookshouldbeanewbeginningwherehetriesagainforsomethingthatisbeyondattainment.Heshouldalwaystryforsomethingthathasneverbeendoneorthatothershavetiredandfailed.Thensometimes,withgreatluck,hewillsucceed.--------HemingwayuponreceivingtheNovelPrizeinliterature,1954Foratruewritereachbooksh8ErnestHemingwayHome,KeyWest,FloridaErnestHemingwayHome,KeyWes9【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件10【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件11MainworksTheSunAlsoRises(1926)AFarewelltoArms(1929)ForWhomtheBellTolls(1940)TheOldManandtheSea(1952)MainworksTheSunAlsoRises(12【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件13【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件14【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件15【英语学习】Ernest_Hemingway模版课件16TheLostGenerationTheterm“lostgeneration”wascoinedbyGertrudeStein,alostgenerationwriterherself,afterWorldWarI.ItwasbetweenthefirstandsecondWorldWars.SpeakingtoErnestHemingway,shesaid,"youareallalostgeneration."TheLostGenerationTheterm“17TheLostGenerationisatermusedtodescribeagroupofAmericanwriterswhowererebellingagainstwhatAmericahadbecomebythe1900’s.SeekingthebohemianlifestyleandrejectingthevaluesofAmericanmaterialism,anumberofintellectuals,poets,artistsandwritersfledtoFranceinthepostWorldWarIyears.Pariswasthecenterofitall.Thetermstuckandthemystiquesurroundingtheseindividualscontinuestofascinateus.Fullofyouthfulidealism,theseindividualssoughtthemeaningoflife,drankexcessively,hadloveaffairsandcreatedsomeofthefinestAmericanliteraturetodate.TheLostGenerationisaterm18WhoareinvolvedintheLostGeneration?F.ScottFitzgeraldT.S.EliotEzraPoundGertrudeSteinErnestHemingwayJohnDosPassosWhoareinvolvedintheLostG19T.S.EliotT.S.Eliot20EzraPoundEzraPound21GertrudeStein

GertrudeStein22ErnestHemingwayErnestHemingway23"AClean,Well-LightedPlace"

ErnestHemingway"AClean,Well-LightedPlace"24INTRODUCTION“AClean,Well-LightedPlace”isconsideredaprimeexampleofHemingway'scraftsmanshipandinsightintothehumancondition.Inthisbriefstory,whichwasinitiallypublishedinScribner'sMagazinein1933,heevokesanatmosphereofdespairandlonelinessalmostentirelywithdialogueandinteriormonologue.INTRODUCTION“AClean,Well-Lig25ThroughthesestylistictechniquesHemingwayrendersacomplexseriesofinteractionsbetweenanoldwaiterandhisyoungcolleagueasthetwomenreflectontheephemeralnatureofhappinessandtheinevitabilityofdeath.Muchofthecriticalcommentaryontheshortstoryfocusesonaseriesofunattributedlinesofdialogue.Throughthesestylistictechni26PlotandMajorCharactersRenderedalmostcompletelyindialogue,themainactionof“AClean,Well-LightedPlace”issetinasmallcaféinSpain,astwowaiterspreparetoclosetheestablishmentforthenight.Theplaceisemptyexceptforaregularcustomer,adeafoldmandrinkingaloneatoneofthetables.Realizingthattheoldmanisdrunk,oneofthewaitersinformstheotherthatthecustomerattemptedsuicidetheweekbefore.Afterthewaiterswatchayoungmanandwomanpassonthestreet,theyoungwaiterservestheoldcustomeranotherbrandyandvoiceshisimpatiencetotheoldwaiter,complainingthattheoldmaniskeepinghimfromhiswarmbedandthecomfortofhiswife.PlotandMajorCharactersRend27Theydiscusstheoldman'ssuicideattemptandhispossiblereasonsforsuchadesperateact.Whentheoldmangesturesforanotherbrandy,theyoungwaitertellshimthatitisclosingtime.Aftertheoldmanpayshisbillandleaves,theoldwaiterchidestheyoungwaiterforhislackofpatienceandempathyfortheoldman.Hecompareshimselftotheman,sayingheunderstandstheneedforaclean,well-lightedplacetobeatnight.Afterthecafécloses,theoldwaiterstopsatabarforadrinkbeforehegoeshome,dreadinghisreturntoanemptyroom.Theydiscusstheoldman'ssui28CHARACTERSTheoldman:rich,lifewasmeaninglessforhim,committedsuicide,drankexcessively.Themiddle-agedwaiter:sympathetic,realizedthatyouth,loveandpassionmustbefollowedbyaging,despairandnothing.Healsolookedfororderandmeaningbystayingintheclean,well-lightedcage,experiencingnothing.Theyoungwaiter:eagertogobackhome,confidentandignorantoftruthoflife.CHARACTERSTheoldman:rich,l29MajorThemesInhisshortfictionHemingwaydepictedadisillusioningenvironmentinwhichhisprotagonistsaddresstheprecariousnessofexistence,theevanescenceofhappiness,andtheuniversalityofsuffering.Thisiscertainlytruein“AClean,Well-LightedPlace,”astheoldwaitershowsasensitivitytoandunderstandingofboththeyoungwaiter'simpatiencetogethomeandtheoldman'sutterhopelessness.Criticshavenotedaseriesofcontrastsinthestory:lightanddark,cleananddirty,noisyandquiet,youthandage,andnihilismandreligiousidealism.MajorThemesInhisshortficti30Infact,manybelievethatthemajorthematicconcernofthestoryistheconflictbetweengenerations.Thisisillustratedbythecontrastbetweenthetwomajorcharacters:formanycritics,theyoungwaiterrepresentsmaterialismandthecallousnessofyouthandtheoldwaitersymbolizestheperspectiveandwisdo