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1、ErnestHemingway:AClean,Well-LightedPlace时间:2009-9-621:15:09 来源:美国文学精品课程组INTRODUCTION“AClean,Well-LightedPlace”isconsideredaprimeexampleofHemingway'scraftsmanshipandinsightintothehumancondition.Inthisbriefstory,whichwasinitiallypublishedinScribner'sMagazinein1933,heevokesan
2、atmosphereofdespairandlonelinessalmostentirelywithdialogueandinteriormonologue.ThroughthesestylistictechniquesHemingwayrendersacomplexseriesofinteractionsbetweenanoldwaiterandhisyoungcolleagueasthetwomenreflectontheephemeralnatureofhappinessandtheinevitabilityofdeath.Muchof
3、thecriticalcommentaryontheshortstoryfocusesonaseriesofunattributedlinesofdialogue.Fordecades,commentatorshavespeculatedonHemingway'sstylistictechniquein“AClean,Well-LightedPlace,”turningtotheauthor'soriginalmanuscriptandcorrespondencetodeterminetheproperconfigurationandattr
4、ibutionofthedialogueofthestory.PlotandMajorCharactersRenderedalmostcompletelyindialogue,themainactionof“AClean,Well-LightedPlace”issetinasmallcaféinSpain,astwowaiterspreparetoclosetheestablishmentforthenight.Theplaceisemptyexceptforaregularcustomer,adeafoldmandrinkingalonea
5、toneofthetables.Realizingthattheoldmanisdrunk,oneofthewaitersinformstheotherthatthecustomerattemptedsuicidetheweekbefore.Afterthewaiterswatchayoungmanandwomanpassonthestreet,theyoungwaiterservestheoldcustomeranotherbrandyandvoiceshisimpatiencetotheoldwaiter,complainingthatt
6、heoldmaniskeepinghimfromhiswarmbedandthecomfortofhiswife.Theydiscusstheoldman'ssuicideattemptandhispossiblereasonsforsuchadesperateact.Whentheoldmangesturesforanotherbrandy,theyoungwaitertellshimthatitisclosingtime.Aftertheoldmanpayshisbillandleaves,theoldwaiterchidestheyou
7、ngwaiterforhislackofpatienceandempathyfortheoldman.Hecompareshimselftotheman,sayingheunderstandstheneedforaclean,well-lightedplacetobeatnight.Afterthecafécloses,theoldwaiterstopsatabarforadrinkbeforehegoeshome,dreadinghisreturntoanemptyroom.MajorThemesInhisshortfictionHemin
8、gwaydepictedadisillusioningenvironmentinwhichhisprotagonistsaddresstheprecariousne
