Modernist Movement · English Literature

Which Modernist writer is known for the 'Iceberg Theory' of omitting significant details to create a sense of underlying tension?

  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. Ernest Hemingway
  3. William Faulkner
  4. Gertrude Stein
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Correct answer: Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway's 'theory of omission' posits that only one-eighth of an iceberg is visible, and the strength of the story lies in what remains submerged. He believed that a writer who knows enough about their subject can omit details and the reader will still sense them in the prose.

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