名词解释：Hemingway's iceberg theory帮忙解释一下呀

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名词解释：Hemingway's iceberg theory帮忙解释一下呀

Answer 1

Hemingway's iceberg theory：海明威的冰山原则
概述：一种文学创作理论。指的是人的语言对于人的思想的表达就好像冰山一样,只有八分之一在水上面,有八分之七在水下；意思是说人的语言是不足以表达思想的,对于作者而言，也没有必要写得太过于直露,因为读者是能读懂的。这种创作理论首先是由美国作家海明威提出的，有较大的影响。

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Answer 2

The Iceberg Theory (also known as the "theory of omission") is the writing style of American writer Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway began his writing career as a reporter. Journalistic writing, particularly for newspapers, focuses only on events being reported, omitting superfluous and extraneous matter. When he became a writer of short stories, he retained this minimalistic style, focusing on surface elements without explicitly discussing the underlying themes. Hemingway believed the true meaning of a piece of writing should not be evident from the surface story, rather, the crux of the story lies below the surface and should be allowed to shine through. Critics such as Jackson Benson claim that his iceberg theory, also known as the theory of omission, in combination with his distinctive clarity of writing, functioned as a means to distance himself from the characters he created.