MODERNISM

Modernism is a rejection of the values of the

Enlightenment and the neoclassicist movement.
Where the neoclassicists emphasized objective truth through reason,
the modernists value subjective truth and emotion.
This alternative value system leads to a rearrangement of classic
forms. This can be seen through the restructuring of the narrative
structure in The Sun Also Rises.
The overall structure of The Sun Also Rises is what
makes it unique. Hemingway cuts out what we
expect from a traditional exposition rising action-
climax resolution format to create a work that is a
nuanced and unique portrait of a character.
Juxtaposition of themes, images, events, and anecdotes all add to
the overall impression created by the work.
Hemingway allows the characters to speak for themselves through
dialogue with minimal narrative intrusion. When the narrator does
speak it enhances our understanding of the character. The events of
the story are not reflected, but told in a straightforward and understated
manner. Is Jake a reliable narrator?


Like the structural differences in the composition of a
painting The Sun Also Rises is a composite of familiar
things arranged in a new way. Hemingway assumes that
we, as an audience, will fill in many of the missing
portions of the narrative.
These are two different representations of the same subject matter. Nusch
Eluard was poet Paul Eluards wife and the subsequent subject of Man Rays
photograph, and Pablo Picassos painting. Modernism does not prescribe a
certain form only that the form be new.
These are two different representations of the same subject matter. This is
poet Paul Eluard. New insights into reality can be created by viewing familiar
things through a different perspective.
Art is a lie which helps us
see the truth. Pablo Picasso