The Sun Also Rises | Literary Qualities
Examined in the context of early 1920s literature, Hemingway's writing in The Sun Also Rises displays a combination of conventional and groundbreaking techniques. The chronological, first-person narrative structure of the novel is relatively standard, whereas the intense, almost poetic style is unique. Hemingway eliminates ornamentation—such as excessive adjectives or adverbs—from his writing and employs rigorous word selection in an effort to unite action, emotion, and text.
Hemingway carefully modulates the rhythm of the text, often through the use of repetition and...
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