《老人与海》作品分析研究英语学专业.doc

Abstract The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway’s last major work, is regarded as the most important work of Hemingway’s writing principle and classical one for its literary value. The novel can be read on more than one level of meaning, which contributes to the success of the novel. It is an exciting but tragic adventure story. The application of symbolism decides the creation of the characters in the novel. Hemingway describes a vivid image of the tough man, Santiago, who has the unconquerable spirit of man. It also expounds the attitude of the authors and the writing. This research paper concentrates on the heroism of Santiago’s manhood in the “The Old Man and The Sea”. Among the various explanations to this center of interests, the paper takes up the view that the protagonist Santiago’s optimism and unyielding character after unending and inconceivable sufferings should be really appreciated and respected. The readers can comprehend the preferable novel and excavate the inner world and feelings of Hemingway. To support this thesis, the paper is developed into four major parts. The first part focuses on introduction about Hemingway’s life and the story background. The second part presents Santiago’s manhood by analysis of his character and spirits. The third part pictures the connotation implied in the old man—man can be defeated but such defeat can be turned into spiritual victory. The fourth part is about Spirit Connected with the Author’s Life. Key words: Santiago, Manhood, Connotation, Character, Unconquerable spirit, Religious significance, 摘 要 《老人与海》是美国作家欧内斯特•海明威后期的一部重要作品。这部作品充分体现了作者的创作原则，成为一部在世界文学史上有着重要价值而为人们珍视的经典著作。这篇小说蕴含着不止一层意义，这也是促成这部小说成功的关键。这是一个激动人心的带有悲剧性的冒险故事。故事通过象征手法的运用，决定着小说人物个性的创造。海明威描述了一个硬汉的形象，桑地亚哥，他具有不可征服的精神力量。本文主要解读圣地亚哥的英汉形象，具体分析其人物性格和精神使读者们可以更好的理解作品的完美无缺和挖掘海明威的内心世界和感受。 关键词：圣地亚哥，硬汉形象，隐含意义，性格特点，不可战胜的精神力量，宗教意义， Figure analysis of the old man and the sea— manhood of Santiago 1. Introduction 1.1 Hemingway’s life and literary career Regarded as a giant both in American literature and the world literature, Ernest Hemingway was born on July21, 1898, at Oak Park, Illinois. In the childhood, influenced by his father, Hemingway was interested in music, pictures, hunting, fishing and the like. His variety of interest, especially the love of fishing extremely affected all his life and he drew much writing inspiration from his fishing experience. Taking adventures also plays a vital role in his life and for the reason that he experienced the two world wars. As a noticeable representative of the “Lost Generation”, Hemingway published the books of this sort, The Sun Also Rises at the age of 26. Because the book chiefly deals with the living attitude of the post-war generation, especially the lives of those wounded soldiers and the loneliness and disillusionment of the modern people whose ideal was shattered at the time when “God is dead”, they thought life was nothing and meaningless. In this case, Hemingway became the spokesperson for the The Lost Generation. Actually the parable of a man’s struggle against the nature, The Old Man and The Sea was published in 1952. Acknowledged as his best works, the novel reinvigorated Hemingway’s literary reputation after the violent attacks，he received from Across the River and Into the Tress. The positive reaction that followed the novel included praise not only from the reviewers but also from a board spectrum of the mass, from ordinary readers to fellow men of letters. The publishing of this work showed that Hemingway had shown he could still achieve a major triumph, whether or not the reviewers and critics or the public could appreciate the true value of his achievement. The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and Hemingway’s famous iceberg technique, which is a simple but highly suggestive style, was vividly embodied in the work, thus he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”. 1.2 Introduction to the background The old Man and the Sea is a fable of an old man’s life which was told by Hemingway. Hemingway is a famous American writer of modern times. Seeking way out and seeking the understanding of life is the theme that Hemingway wanted to explore. He was an unyielding man, so he portrayed the distinctive individual character of “the character of unyielding man”. From all the works of Hemingway’s, we can find that when Hemingway chose personage, he especially liked to choose beggar, hunter, solider and so on, they could protect their dignity by resisting with the world which is full of hostility, they maintain a graceful demeanor under great force, but on target. The characters of the protagonist are different from that of the early days’ novel. All the characters of the protagonists in his novel show his inward world---he was an unyielding man, and has the desire to be the best one in the world, all these can be