Ideological and Artistic Characteristics of The Work “A Farewell to Arms”

Аннотация

This article analyzes the depiction of war in the works of Ernest Hemingway, the writer’s artistic skill, the role of the depiction of war in illuminating the characters of the heroes, and the emergence of an attitude to reality based on the heroes’ internal monologues. The skillful use of dialogues by the heroes of the work shows their superiority over the traditional long-winded means of artistic depiction. Keywords: War, novel, artistic means, dialogue, monologue, skill, image, writer, hero. Henry to realize that war is a senseless, cruel massacre. Introduction: It is no exaggeration to say that the adventurous life and creative path of Ernest Undoubtedly, Hemingway strongly condemns war and Hemingway (1899–1961), a famous writer of the 20th its terrible image in this novel. But the strong protest century, were closely connected with the historical against war is subjective, individualistic in nature. While events of the era. The writer's novel "A Farewell to retreating from a fierce attack from the front line, Arms" (1929) is primarily a work directed against war, Henry is wounded and ends up in a military hospital. He embodying Hemingway's thoughts on the First World falls in love with the English nurse Catherine Barclay, War. Hemingway very touchingly describes the who takes care of him, and love breaks out between difficult, carefree days of the war, the terrible scenes of them. Henry throws down his weapon, abandons his the battles that took place, the short days of peace on friends, and flees with Catherine to Switzerland. the battlefields, the fearful, frightening life in frontline According to the author, personal happiness was the cities, the heartbreaking, demoralizing, and sad only way out of the difficult situation that had arisen, conditions in military hospitals. The rains continue on and in a broader sense, to escape from the war. the front line along the Italian-Austrian border, the However, this escape to personal life is also tragically plague epidemic is spreading among the troops, and depicted in the work. The sincere and innocent love the soldiers, who are mentally exhausted, are avoiding between Henry and Catherine is sharply contrasted fighting. The novel convincingly depicts the defeat of with the war. Two young people, faithful to each other, the Italian army near the city of Caporetto due to its who loved each other with all their heart, are overcome weakness. The life of the main character of the novel, by passionate feelings, they want to forget the horrors Frederick Henry, develops against the backdrop of and terrible scenes of war, build a wall between these battles. We see that Hemingway tried to embody themselves and the outside world with their love, and in this image what he experienced, what he saw in life, distance themselves from worldly worries. But and the experience he gained. Frederick Henry, a Catherine dies prematurely, and Henry again finds lieutenant in the medical service, an American by birth, himself alone. At the end of the novel, Henry realizes goes to the front and realizes that his previous fantasies the meaninglessness and cruelty of life. The artistic and ideas about war are crude and unfounded, and he style of the novel is distinguished by the restraint, does not even know how he fell into despair. His sometimes very concise and precise development of personal experience, which he accumulates every day, the narrative. Hemingway expresses his thoughts his friendly relations with Italian soldiers and officers, simply, but behind this simplicity lies a vast world of and his readiness to help each other, eventually lead American Journal Of Philological Sciences 283 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) complex meanings, thoughts and feelings, which in lengthy lyrical digressions, and insignificant most cases can only be understood from the context of statements, enhancing the dramatism of "Hemingway's the work. According to Hemingway, a writer should prose." At the same time, it is worth noting the brevity know what he is writing about. In this case, the writer and conciseness of the dialogue, its lexical “can leave out much of what he knows, and if he writes simplification. Hemingway's characters speak in simple honestly, the reader will still feel the omitted event, as language. Their speech is devoid of poetic metaphors. if the writer had already touched on it.” Thus, In this superficial simplicity, a lively, exciting thought is Hemingway tried to establish in his work the “iceberg felt, which remains not in the words, but in the essence style”, which requires the skill of distinguishing the of the work. This essence can be understood only after most important events, words and details. “The beauty a deep understanding of the hero's mental state. of the iceberg is that only one-eighth of it rises above Hemingway's style reflects the worldview of a great and the water surface. A writer wh