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Ernest Hemingway's prose is most often associated with:Read the answer and worked solution →Hemingway's style is associated with the 'iceberg theory' of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Ernest Hemingway's prose is most often associated with:

  1. The 'iceberg' theory of stripped-back style
  2. Lavish baroque ornament
  3. Stream of consciousness in the Joyce mode
  4. Dramatic monologue in verse
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Correct answer: A. The 'iceberg' theory of stripped-back style

1. Hemingway's economy of style — implication over statement — defines his work. 2. He is canonically grouped with the American Modernist generation. 3. The brief names him within the American Lit bucket. _Source: Coverage brief — American canon — "American Literature — ... Hemingway"_

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Hemingway's style is associated with the 'iceberg theory' of:

  1. Lavish ornament
  2. Stripped-back implication
  3. Stream of consciousness
  4. Allegory
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Correct answer: B. Stripped-back implication

1. Hemingway's economy implies more than it states. 2. Most of the meaning lies 'beneath the surface.' 3. He is grouped with American Modernism. _Source: Coverage brief — BA English Literature syllabus areas — "Hemingway — the 'iceberg' theory"_

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