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Hemingway's In Our Time - Analysis of Pain and Violence in Vignettes

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Overview

Explore Hemingway's groundbreaking first book "In Our Time" in this 50-minute lecture from Yale University's "Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner" course. Delve into Professor Wai Chee Dimock's analysis of three key vignettes, examining how Hemingway's laconic style addresses pain, violence, and ethnic tensions in the American Midwest. Discover connections to theoretical works by Elaine Scarry and Susan Sontag, as well as artistic representations by Edvard Munch. Investigate the empathetic boundaries of communal suffering in "Indian Camp" and "Chapter II," and explore the neutralization of inter-ethnic conflict through peacekeeping instincts in "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife." Gain insights into the publication history, structure, and thematic clusters of this seminal work that launched Hemingway's career as a leading American modernist.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. In Our Time Publication History
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- Chapter 2. The Structure of In Our Time
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- Chapter 3. A Possible Cluster
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- Chapter 4. Theoretical Persepctives on Pain
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- Chapter 5. A Close Reading of "Indian Camp"
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- Chapter 6. A Close Reading of "Chapter II"
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- Chapter 7. A Close Reading of "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife"
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- Chapter 8. Meditations on Pain and Violence in the Proposed Cluster
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