海明威简介课件.ppt

Ernest Hemingway
(1898-1961)
One of the most famous American writers of the 20th century
Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
Killed himself with a shotgun in 1961
A young Hemingway in his World War I uniform
厄内斯特·海明威是美国现代文学史上最重要的作家之一
他是“迷惘的一代”的杰出代言人
也是第六个获得诺贝尔文学奖(1954年)的美国人
有的评论家认为海明威是继马克·吐温之后对美国文学语言影响最大的作家
Major Works
The Sun Also Rises (1926)
A Farewell to Arms (1929)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
The Old Man and the Sea (1952, short novel)
The Sun Also Rises
The major statement of the “lost generation”
Describes a group of expatriate ([eks5pAtrieit]移居国外者) Americans and Englishmen
All of whom have suffered physically and emotionally during the war
Their aimless existence vividly expresses the spiritual bankruptcy ([5bANkrEp(t)si]破产) and moral atrophy ([5AtrEfi]萎缩) of an entire generation
《太阳照样升起》一书描述了经历过一次大战后流落在巴黎的一群英美青年知识分子的生活。
他们昔日的理想破灭,精神空虚,于是喝酒、钓鱼、看斗牛、搞三角恋爱,表面上兴高采烈,内心里却悲观失望。