Hemingway was one of the most famous language masters of the United States in the 20th century. His works are concise in language and realistic in portrayal, not only the environmental description of the blending of scenes, but also the moving portrayal of the emotions of the characters through actions and images, especially his thousand-hammered telex-style dialogue and concise inner monologue, forming his unique writing style and creating a generation of literary styles.
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Hemingway's unique style is also prominently represented in Farewell, Weapon. The British writer Herbert oberts has made an incisive analysis: since Henry James in the 19th century, a cumbersome style of writing has been "cut clean" by Hemingway, like a "mess of hairs attached to literature". Hemingway, he said, was a "man with a plank axe" who "cut down the whole forest and restored the refreshing face of the basic branches." Hemingway's language, with its simple sentence structure, is usually short sentences or juxtapositions, connected by the most common connecting words; he uses ordinary everyday language, tired of "big words", abandons empty, superficial and exaggerated words, and is accustomed to using specific and emotional expressions.
"Farewell, Weapon"
"The Sun Also Rises" is a long novel. Describes the story of the protagonist who lives in Paris after falling into sexual dysfunction after the war. The process mainly describes how the protagonist loves the heroine deeply, but knows that the two cannot be combined, can only relieve the wine and dispel sorrows, and even help the heroine to date others. The life scenes and stories inside always feel like Hemingway's personal experience. The title "The Sun Also Rises" means that after the war, life continues, just as the sun rises every day. However, in fact, the damage caused by the war has changed the original way of life. At the same time, it also satirizes the confused generation, which is also the generation of many generations of Americans. "The Sun Also Rises" describes an insurmountable character from the opposite side. The reason why it is called the confused generation is because the daily life described in the novel is drunk and dreaming of death, temporarily forgetting the pain in the drunkenness, or using this to vent the indignation in the heart, and the mental outlook shown is very bad, as if it has given up on life. But in fact, it was to express dissatisfaction with society, and to criticize the Excessive Pursuit of Materialism in American Society at that time.
"The Sun Also Rises"
Hemingway's narrative art is best known for his "iceberg principle". In 1932, he first compared literary creation to icebergs floating on the ocean in Dead in the Afternoon: "The iceberg movement is majestic because it is only one-eighth exposed to the water. He then made this analogy many times. As a result, the "iceberg principle" has become one of the important topics for critics to study Hemingway. Therefore, it can be said that the "iceberg principle" is an image summary of Hemingway's many years of creative experience, and it is the basic principle he follows in dealing with the relationship between art and life.
Hemingway's "iceberg" principle is to use concise words to create a distinct image, to bury his feelings and thoughts and emotions in the image to the greatest extent, so that the emotions are abundant but not revealed, the thoughts are deep but hidden, so as to skillfully combine the perceptuality and thoughtfulness of literature, so that readers can explore the ideological significance of the work through the feelings of the vivid image.
As a warrior, war correspondent, and war novelist, Hemingway's "tough guy character" who was born and died for the just cause of mankind will always be remembered by future generations. Similarly, as an outstanding stylist, the influence of his "iceberg principle" is eternal.