Title
Flaubertian Aesthetics, Modernist Ethics and Animal Representation in Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Draws on narrative ethics in his stylistic analysis of Flaubertian aesthetics in Hemingway’s treatment of animals, including finding the mot juste (right word) and achieving authorial impersonality. Newman describes Hemingway’s approach as tinged with paternalism, misogyny, racism, and colonialism, thereby explaining much of the critical disapproval regarding the memoir. Argues that Hemingway’s representation, though flawed, reveals his ethical attempt to capture just the animal, resulting in a greater consideration of the animals and thus complicating our reading of Hemingway’s stance toward them.
Published in
Style
Volume
47
Issue
4
Date
2013
Pages
509-524
COinS
Citation
Newman, Daniel Aurelaino. “Flaubertian Aesthetics, Modernist Ethics and Animal Representation in Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa.” Style 47, no. 4 (2013): 509-24.