Forget The Legend And Read The Work Analysis
Bauer, Margaret D. "Forget The Legend And Read The Work: Teaching Two Stories By Ernest Hemingway." College Literature 30.3 (2003): 124. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Sept. 2016.
The article by Margaret D. Bauer begins with her stating that she does not suggest we read and critique literature with no consideration as to the history behind the piece and the author, but that she does like to teach works of literature that differ from the authors' prior reputation and remind people to not jump to conclusions about said authors. Bauer shares that two of her favorite Hemingway stories are “Indian Camp” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” She states that she teaches “these stories in spite of Hemingway's reputation as a misogynist” and her own feminist leanings. She then continues saying that she teaches them because she recognizes “Hemingway's genius with the craft of the story”. She continues on saying that oftentimes her students predisposed …show more content…
Also that she approaches the two stories noted above from a feminist standpoint. She continues by attempting to dispel the notion that Hemingway writes his female characters as one dimensional, by saying that the critics are looking at it from the wrong perspective. She continues on to talk about “Indian Camp” and how the story is not about the woman's hard delivery, but about the doctor's inability to make a man out of the child. She also suggests that due to Hemingway's writing of how women “hardly ever” commit suicide, he feels that women's level of endurance is higher than that of men. She even says that Hemingway does in fact recognize the superiority of women to men, at least in the regard of endurance. Bauer talks about how Hemingway presents the pregnant woman in “Hills Like White Elephants” dismisses the notion of Hemingway being a staunch misogynist. She continues by saying that Hemingway's writes the female
The article by Margaret D. Bauer begins with her stating that she does not suggest we read and critique literature with no consideration as to the history behind the piece and the author, but that she does like to teach works of literature that differ from the authors' prior reputation and remind people to not jump to conclusions about said authors. Bauer shares that two of her favorite Hemingway stories are “Indian Camp” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” She states that she teaches “these stories in spite of Hemingway's reputation as a misogynist” and her own feminist leanings. She then continues saying that she teaches them because she recognizes “Hemingway's genius with the craft of the story”. She continues on saying that oftentimes her students predisposed …show more content…
Also that she approaches the two stories noted above from a feminist standpoint. She continues by attempting to dispel the notion that Hemingway writes his female characters as one dimensional, by saying that the critics are looking at it from the wrong perspective. She continues on to talk about “Indian Camp” and how the story is not about the woman's hard delivery, but about the doctor's inability to make a man out of the child. She also suggests that due to Hemingway's writing of how women “hardly ever” commit suicide, he feels that women's level of endurance is higher than that of men. She even says that Hemingway does in fact recognize the superiority of women to men, at least in the regard of endurance. Bauer talks about how Hemingway presents the pregnant woman in “Hills Like White Elephants” dismisses the notion of Hemingway being a staunch misogynist. She continues by saying that Hemingway's writes the female