Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depictin...Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depicting things by piling gorgeously big words;on the contrary,he adopts direct description and short sentences which are precise,laconic,bright and vivid.For instance,the novel titled The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber is universally acknowledged as his masterpiece,in which "Iceberg Theory"is skillfully presented.With a full analysis of the story,the uniqueness of "Iceberg Theory"will be emphasized in this paper.展开更多
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber",is a representative short story of Hemingway since it clearly embodies hisprinciple of creation.To illustrate the unequal relationship between the hero Macomber and..."The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber",is a representative short story of Hemingway since it clearly embodies hisprinciple of creation.To illustrate the unequal relationship between the hero Macomber and the heroine Margot,this paper employsBurton’s(1980)Discourse Framework theory to analyze the distribution,classification and pattern of these two characters’chal-lenging moves.On the basis of the dialogue analysis,the author attempts to analyze the patterns of their challenging moves,whichcan reflect Macomber is in a more inferior position in marriage than his wife.And the reasons for this are Margot not only holdsmany challenging moves but also seizes the speaking rights in communication.展开更多
文摘Ernest Hemingway's world-wide influence and distinctive writing style-the Iceberg Style-caused a stylistic revolution in the field of literature all over the world.Hemingway always tries his best to avoid depicting things by piling gorgeously big words;on the contrary,he adopts direct description and short sentences which are precise,laconic,bright and vivid.For instance,the novel titled The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber is universally acknowledged as his masterpiece,in which "Iceberg Theory"is skillfully presented.With a full analysis of the story,the uniqueness of "Iceberg Theory"will be emphasized in this paper.
文摘"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber",is a representative short story of Hemingway since it clearly embodies hisprinciple of creation.To illustrate the unequal relationship between the hero Macomber and the heroine Margot,this paper employsBurton’s(1980)Discourse Framework theory to analyze the distribution,classification and pattern of these two characters’chal-lenging moves.On the basis of the dialogue analysis,the author attempts to analyze the patterns of their challenging moves,whichcan reflect Macomber is in a more inferior position in marriage than his wife.And the reasons for this are Margot not only holdsmany challenging moves but also seizes the speaking rights in communication.
