Essays about: "The Hemingway Hero"

Found 2 essays containing the words The Hemingway Hero.

1. 1. The Portrayal of Alcohol in The Sun Also Rises: Alcohol as Socio-Political Commentary and Measurement of Character

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emma Ericson; [2017-06-20]
   Keywords : engelska; Ernest Hemingway; Alcohol; Prohibition Era; 1920s America; Disillusion; The Hemingway Hero; The Lost Generation; The Sun Also Rises; Paris; Expatriatism;

   Abstract : Although drinking is a central theme in most of Hemingway’s work, many scholars argue that The Sun Also Rises might be the one of his novels in which alcohol has the biggest presence. This essay is a contribution to the discussion about the excessive drinking in the novel. READ MORE

3. 2. "If you don't think about it, it doesn´t exist" : Queer Sexuality and Gender Ambiguity in Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream

   University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Per-Olof Remnesjö; [2013]
   Keywords : Hemingway; Queer theory; Gender; Sexuality;

   Abstract : This essay will discuss Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream, posthumously published 1970, focusing in particular on the importance of the protagonist's fluid gender identity and interest in queer sexuality. Central to my discussion is queer theorist Judith Butler's view of gender as something performed and contextual and her objection to the binary of man and woman. READ MORE