Ernest Hemingway's antiwar journalism

Abstract

Hemingway’s journalistic works, including his publicism, often did not arouse much interest. But Hemingway began his path to great literature namely from journalism. The eventful time and his identity as the witness and participant are reflected in the works of the writer. All these are reflected in Hemingway’s antiwar journalism of the 1920s and 1930s, in which the writer explores the nature of fascism. A talented publicist, an eminent writer, a great citizen and to some extent a seer, he was able to see the deep essence of fascism as a sign of the degeneration of a significant part of human society. The position of the writer was most clearly manifested in his documentary on the Spanish Civil War (1936–1938), which, of course, the Republicans would have won if it had not been for the support of Hitler's Germany that had gained strength. Here, Hemingway does not delve into the "big politics", trying to explain to the reader the essence of what is happening. Freely or not, he goes from the particular to the global and shows the everyday sketches of war, revealing the meanness, crime and infamy of fascism. As E. Hemingway's journalistic work shows, he was not just a journalist, he was a serious and deep analyst. In particular, the writer warned humanity of future potential wars, revealing and exposing their criminal nature.