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A NEW GENRE: Novella

A NEW GENRE: Novella. Novella. a story with a compact and pointed plot a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and novel Etymology: Italian, from feminine of novello new, from Latin novellus. The Old Man & the Sea By Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961 ).

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A NEW GENRE: Novella

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  1. A NEW GENRE:Novella

  2. Novella • a story with a compact and pointed plot • a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and novel • Etymology: Italian, from feminine of novello new, from Latin novellus

  3. The Old Man & the SeaBy Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) • Reporter for the Kansas City Star • Ambulance driver in WWI • Injured while working with Italian infantry • After WWI, worked for Toronto Star • Lived in Paris & Key West • During Spanish War & WWII, was a newspaper correspondent • Lived in Cuba until 1958 • Lived in Idaho until 1961 • Died in 1961 (suicide)

  4. The Old Man & the SeaBy Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) • Work shows MASCULINE motifs MOTIF: (n) a recurring subject, theme, idea, or form • bull-fighting, hunting, war, and fishing • These are derived from Hemingway’s own experiences as a traveler and an adventurer.

  5. The Old Man & the SeaBy Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) • 1930-1940 Literary idol • wrote in short, declarative sentences • Pseudo-toughness was attractive for others • 1954 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature

  6. The Old Man & the SeaBy Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) • Hemingway’s protagonists were always people with courage and conviction, who suffered unseen scars, both physical and emotional.

  7. In your notebooks, (Sec.4) • You have 10 minutes to complete the following prompt. • Answer the following question in paragraph form and support your answer with examples. • What is the hardest things that you have ever done?

  8. READING EXPECTATIONS • 4 Days---- • Journal Entries • Notes • Literary Elements • Literary Devices

  9. In The Old Man and The Sea, • The protagonist, Santiago, faces the most difficult fight of his life with a Giant Marlin.

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