Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Lecture II Ramón Saldívar Stanford University

Irony as a principle of structure in SAR Modernity and Irony Irony defined Saying one thing while meaning another The warping of a statement by the pressure of context The Iceberg Principle “Nobody ever knows anything” SAR, 35 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Irony as a strategy of containment in SAR “certain injuries or imperfections are a subject of merriment while remaining quite serious for the person possessing them,” SAR 35 The Simplicity of language The Simplicity of meaning The Irony of the Not Said The (Political) Unconscious 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Lady Brett Ashley and Hemingway’s Hairy Chest Hemingway’s stereotypical machismo “Nobody could be that masculine.” --Zelda Fitzgerald "Come out from behind that false hair on your chest, Ernest. We all know you." -- Max Eastman “Maybe we were androgynous.” -- Mary Hemingway 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Hemingway SAR Lecture II Max Eastman 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Brett Ashley and the Male Critics Allen Tate, “hard-boiled” Theodore Bardake, “a woman devoid of womanhood” Jackson Benson, “a female who never becomes a woman” Edmond Wilson, “an exclusively destructive force” And John Aldridge, “a compulsive bitch” 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Hemingway SAR Lecture II Brett’s Gender Roles On one hand, she is a femme fatale – dangerous to men On the other, she frequently lapses into the role of redemptive woman, trying to save men through her sexuality 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Hemingway SAR Lecture II Sexual Politics in SAR Masculine eroticism confines women Loss of masculine power and authority Leads to loss of the right to exercise control 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Money, Morality, Sexuality Jake’s market theory of emotions: “Women made such swell friends,” SAR, 152 “Enjoying living was learning to get your money’s worth,” SAR, 152 “The world was a good place to buy in,” SAR, 152 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II

Love, Sex and Bullfighting Jake’s and Brett’s gender role reversal “the holding of his purity of line through the maximum of exposure” SAR, p. 172 11/13/2018 Hemingway SAR Lecture II