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1、OnHemingway’s“icebergprinciple”WritingStyleinHillsLikeWhiteElephantsThestoryofHillsLikeWhiteElephantsbeginsatasmallrailwaystationinSpain.AnAmericanmanwithagirliswaitingfortheexpress,whichwillcomein40minutes.Themantrystopersuadethegirltoreceiveaverysimpleo
2、peration.Athrounghtheauthordoesn’ttellusreaderswhatkindofoperationitwillbe,wecansafelycometotheconclusionthattheoperationisaninducedabortionaccordingtoourlifeexperience.ComparingwithHemingway’scountlessmasterpieces,thisshortnovelislesswell-markedinthelite
3、raryworld.However,withalmostallthemainfeaturesofHemingway’swriting,itshowsthisoutstandingwriter’sdeepthoughtsandachievesofhistypicalwritingstyle——icebergprinciple——basicallyusingphysicalactionstoexpressadeepermeaning.IcebergprincipleisthecentralconceptofH
4、emingway’swritngstyle.Hemingwayhimselfhasonceexplainedhisownprinciple:“Thereareseven-eightsofitunderwaterforeverypartthatshows.Anythingyouknowyoucaneliminateanditonlystrengthensyouriceberg.Itisthepartthatdoesn’tshow.Ifawriteromitssomethingbecausehedoesnot
5、knowitthenthereisaholeinthestory.”Hemingwayproveshisicbergtheoryverywellinthisshortnovel.Hemingway’sicebergprinciplewritingstylreisfirstexpressedintheimplicativedescription.Asthestorybeginswithadescriptionofalandscapeandtheconversationbetweenthemanandtheg
6、irlwithouttellingwhothetwocharactersareorwheretheycomefromorintendtogo.Wereadersstarttogetinvolvedintothestoryandintendtosearchtheanswersinthefollowingparts.Whenthemanbiganstotalkabouttheoperation,thegirldoesn’tanswerbutlooksattheground.Theauthortellsneit
7、horwhatkindtheoperationisnorwhythegirlislookingattheground.Hemingwaypurposelyrefrainsfromdoingso,knowingthattheemotionalimpactismuchmoreintenseiftheemotionissensedbyreadersthemselves.Whilethemanrepeatsthesamephrase“perfectlysimple”andexplainstheproceduren
8、aturelyas“justlettheairin”,readersdevoloptheirsympathyforthegirlandaversenesstotheman.Thewordsandexpressionsinthisarticleisprettysimpleandimplicative,however,thestoryisofgreatconnotationandleavereadersenoughspacetoi
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