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American Modernism:The Lost Generation Ernest Hemingway The Lost Generation term The Lost Generation refers to, in general, the post-WWI generation, but specifically a group of expatriate (移居国外的) disillusioned intellectuals and artists, who experimented on new modes of thought and expression by rebelling against former ideals and values and replacing them only by despair or a cynical hedonism(享乐主义). The Lost Generation term Representatives: Francis Scott Fitzgerald 菲茨杰拉德 Ezra Pound 庞德 William Faulkner 福克纳 Ernest Hemingway 海明威 Sherwood Anderson 舍伍德·安德森 John Dos Passos 约翰·多斯·帕索斯 Gertrude Stein 格特鲁·德斯泰因 The Hemingway Code Hero It refers to some protagonists in Hemingways works. Life: full of tension and battles The world: in chaos Man: always fighting desperately a losing battle. “The Hemingway code“: a set of principles such as honor, courage, endurance, wisdom, discipline and dignity. Motto DP: “Exactly what do you mean by ‘guts’?” EH: “I mean, grace under pressure.” Traits He does not talk about what he believes in. He expresses himself not in words, but in actions.? No matter how tragic the ending is, they will never be defeated. Finally, they will prevail because of their indestructible spirit and courage. The Iceberg Theory term “If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about ,he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The Lost Generation term The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing. ” The Iceberg Theory term “Find what gave you the emotion; what the action was that gave you the excitement. Then write it down making it clear so the reader will see it too and have the same feeling as you had.” The Ice