English Dictionary

iceberg theory

名詞

不可算名詞

(literature) A minimalist literary approach used by Ernest Hemingway, according to which the writer should omit as much as possible, leaving the reader to infer it.

日本語の意味

エルネスト・ヘミングウェイが提唱した、著者ができる限り情報を省略し、読者に暗示させることで物語の深層を示す文学的手法。

As a novelist, he relied on the iceberg theory, leaving crucial details unsaid so readers could piece together the full meaning.

小説家として彼はヘミングウェイの省略的手法に頼り、重要な部分を明言せずに読者が全体の意味を組み立てられるようにした。

意味（1）

(literature) A minimalist literary approach used by Ernest Hemingway, according to which the writer should omit as much as possible, leaving the reader to infer it.