Ernest Hemingway
- 2. INDEX 1. Introduction. 2. Biography. 3. Style. 4. Themes. 5. Influence and legacy. 6. Works.
- 3. 1. INTRODUCTION Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899, Oak Park, Illionis). American writer and journalist. One of the main novelists and storytellers of the 20th century.
- 4. - Pulitzer Prize (1953) - The old Man and the Sea - Nobel Prize for Literature for his complete work (1954)
- 5. 2. BIOGRAPHY Hemingway Family When he was a Child, his mother dressed him as a girls.
- 6. He took part of the War World I as an ambulance driver on the Italian front where he was seriously injured.
- 7. 1920 - Hadley Richardson. 1927 - Pauline Pfeiffer. 1940 - Martha Gellhorn. 1946 - Mary Walsch.
- 8. He loved Spain and its culture.
- 9. He returned in 1937 during the Civil War as a war correspondent and opted for the Republican side.
- 10. He settled in Cuba, near Havana during the decade of 1940 and 1950.
- 11. The novel that gave him fame was “The Sun Also Rises” (Fiesta in spanish) (1926).
- 12. He committed suicide with a shotgun at his residence in Ketchum on July 2, 1961.
- 13. 3. STYLE Language Sense, feelings, fear, thoughts, subconscious. “Iceberg theory”
- 14. 4. THEMES Main themes: - Love - War - Nature - Loss - Woman - Death - Emasculation
- 15. Nature is understood as the place where men are without women. Men fish, hunt, and find redemption in nature. Fiedler believes that Hemingway reserves the theme of American "dark woman" and bad, as opposed to "clear woman" and good.
- 16. Robert Scholes recognises that in Hemingway's earliest stories, like “A Very Short Story" the man is as a favorable figure, whereas the woman appears as an unfavorable figure. Feminist critics attacked Hemingway as "public enemy number one," Some critics have characterized Hemingway's work as misogynist and homophobic.
- 17. “Emasculation is the result of a generation of wounded soldiers; and a generation in which women, like Brett, gained emancipation.” (Fiedler)
- 18. The theme of death pervades Hemingway's work.
- 19. Baker believes that Hemingway's work emphasizes the "natural" against the "unnatural."
- 20. J.D. Salinger(American writer 1919-2010) 5. INFLUENCE AND LEGACY. Russell Banks (an American writer of fiction and poetry) ) Gabriel García Márquez, (was a Colombian writer, novelist, and journalist.)
- 21. DETRACTORS John Winslow Irving, is an American writer, author of numerous bestsellers winner of an Oscar. William Faulkner, was an American narrator and poet.
- 23. The Heningway Society Web Side.
- 24. The Old Man and the Sea (1958). A Farewell to Arms (1957).
- 25. The Breaking Point (1950). That film is an adaptation of “To Have and Have Not” The Killers (1946)
- 26. The Sun also Rises (1957)
- 27. NOVELS: The Torrents of Spring, 1926 (Aguas primaverales) The Sun Also Rises, 1926 (Fiesta) A Farewell to Arms, 1929 (Adiós a las armas) To Have and Have Not, 1937 (Tener y no tener) For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940 Por quién doblan las campanas() Across the River and into the Trees, 1950 (Al otro lado del río y entre los árboles) The Old Man and the Sea, 1952 (El viejo y el mar) Islands in the Stream, 1970, (Islas en el golfo [o Islas a la deriva) The Garden of Eden, 1986 (El jardín del Edén) True at First Light, 1999 (Al romper el alba) 6. Works
- 28. COLLECTIONS Three Stories and Ten Poems, 1923 (Tres relatos y diez poemas) In Our Time, 1925 (En nuestro tiempo) Men Without Women, 1927(Hombres sin mujeres) Winner take Nothing, 1933 (El ganador no se lleva nada) The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, 1938 (La quinta columna y los primeros cuarenta y nueve relatos). The Nick Adams Stories, 1972 (Nick Adams)
- 29. OTHER Death in the Afternoon, 1932 (Muerte en la tarde) A Moveable Feast, 1964 (París era una fiesta) The Dangerous Summer, 1985 (El verano peligroso)
- 30. THE SUN ALSO RISES Robert Cohn Lady Brett Pedro Romero Jake Barnes Bill Gorton Mike Campbell
- 32. The Old Man and the Sea
- 34. Final Test 1. How many times does Hemingway marry? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 2. What national celebration was Hemingway to on his first trip to Spain? a) Fallas in Valencia b) Carnival of Cadiz c) The Tomatina in Buñol d) Sanfermines in Pamplona 3. What was the novel that made Hemingway famous? a) The Sun also Rises b) The Old Man and the Sea c) A Farewell to Arms d) To Have and Have not 4. What is the theory that defines the style of Hemingway's work? a) Mountain Theory b) Iceberg Theory c) Island Theory d) Stone Theory 5. Which of these themes is not frequent in the Hemingway’s work? a) War b) Nature c) Emasculation c) Loneliness 6. Which of these authors rejects Hemingway's work? a) Rusell Bank b) Salinger c) Irving d) Gabriel García Márquez 7. Which of the following novels does not belong to Hemingway? a) The Garden of Eden b) True at First Light c) Islands in the Stream c) All these novels belong to Hemingway 8. In the novel The Sun also Rises, who is the first person who Brett has a loving relationship with? a) Robert Cohn b) Jake Barnes c) Mike Campbell c) Pedro Romero 9. Who are the main character of the novel The Old Man and the Sea? a) Antonio and Paquito b) Manolo and Rafalín c) Santiago and Manolín d) Pedro and Jesulín
- 35. Answers Key 1. How many times does Hemingway marry? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 2. What national celebration was Hemingway to on his first trip to Spain? a) Fallas in Valencia b) Carnival of Cadiz c) The Tomatina in Buñol d) Sanfermines in Pamplona 3. What was the novel that made Hemingway famous? a) The Sun also Rises b) The Old Man and the Sea c) A Farewell to Arms d) To Have and Have not 4. What is the theory that defines the style of Hemingway's work? a) Mountain Theory b) Iceberg Theory c) Island Theory d) Stone Theory 5. Which of these themes is not frequent in the Hemingway’s work? a) War b) Nature c) Emasculation c) Loneliness 6. Which of these authors rejects Hemingway's work? a) Rusell Bank b) Salinger c) Irving d) Gabriel García Márquez 7. Which of the following novels does not belong to Hemingway? a) The Garden of Eden b) True at First Light c) Islands in the Stream c) All these novels belong to Hemingway 8. In the novel The Sun also Rises, who is the first person who Brett has a loving relationship with? a) Robert Cohn b) Jake Barnes c) Mike Campbell c) Pedro Romero 9. Who are the main character of the novel The Old Man and the Sea? a) Antonio and Paquito b) Manolo and Rafalín c) Santiago and Manolín d) Pedro and Jesulín