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Ernest Hemingway, an iconic American writer of the Lost Generation, frequently traveled to Spain while living abroad as an expatriate. In fact, many of the fictitious accounts in his works are based on real events in the lives of Hemingway and his friends during their time in Spain. Despite the large number of American expatriates traveling and living abroad during the 1920s, the concept of intercultural competence likely did not exist; or at least not in the modern-day sense of the phrase. While much literature already exists on Hemingway’s connection to Spain, there is currently limited scholarship on the portrayal of Spain and Spanish culture in his works. Discussions of cross-culturalization and intercultural competence have appeared in recent scholarship as the world continues to grow more globalized; but very few discussions exist which analyze Hemingway’s works from the viewpoint of intercultural competence. In this project, I investigate how the behavior of the characters in Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises aligns with modern standards of intercultural competence. This research is significant in adding a cross-cultural perspective to the conversation about one of the most iconic works of one of America’s most iconic writers.
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Publication Date
4-14-2018
Keywords
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. The Sun Also Rises; American literature--History and criticism; Spain--In literature
Disciplines
Literature in English, North America
Recommended Citation
Barta, Alexa, "When in Spain: Intercultural Competence in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises" (2018). Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018. 3.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/urs_2018/3
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Conference Proceeding