《老人与海》中的硬汉精神_英语论文

The Tough-Guy Culture in The Old Man and the Sea

摘要

欧内斯特·米勒尔·海明威是美国著名的作家，被认为是20世纪最伟大的小说家之一。在他62年的生涯中写下了《太阳照常升起》、《永别了，武器》、《丧钟为谁而鸣》、《老人与海》等著名作品。海明威非常推崇硬汉精神，且总是在他的作品中体现出这种精神，这与他的人生经历和所处的时代背景、社会环境是离不开的。在本篇论文中，我首先分析了解了海明威所处的历史背景和社会环境以及他自身的经历，然后简单介绍他的代表作之一《老人与海》和其他的作品来了解他对硬汉精神的理解。最后，通过作品中对硬汉桑迪亚哥的语言、行为以及行动来详细分析《老人与海》这部作品中的硬汉形象。除了这些具象化的形象分析，我还在本文中通过分析这部作品的表达方式，比如作品中的文字、作品中的人物性格以及海明威在作品中传达的人可以被毁灭却不能被打败的硬汉精神来分析解读。总之，通过综合的形象分析和小说的写作手法来全面了解《老人与海》这部作品中的硬汉形象。

关键词：《老人与海》，硬汉精神，桑迪亚哥

Abstract

Hemingway was one of the most famous novelists in America in the 20th century. He created a series of works such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and The Sea and so on. Hemingway appreciates the spirit of code hero and always tries to express the spirit in his works. Every literal work’s creation will be more or less influenced by the historical background and social environment. In this essay, I prepare to take the analysis of historical background and social environment of Hemingway’s time as first step. Secondly, I analyze the code hero, Santiago, the hero of The Old Man and The Sea, his words and actions to support my point of tough-man culture. Finally, I make analysis of the writing skills used during the process of shaping the character of Santiago. In addition, I analyze the spirit of code hero by analyzing character’s inner world and writer’s writing style such as the characteristics of the code hero and the ideas expressed in the novel. In conclusion, we have a comprehensive analysis of the code hero in the work The Old Man and The Sea, which can help us to analyze the spirit of code hero more thoroughly, and have a further understanding of the tough-man culture in The Old Man and The Sea.

Key words:  The Old Man and the Sea　the spirit of code hero　Santiago

Contents

Introduction I

Chapter One Tough- guy Culture’s Embodiment in The Old Man and The Sea 1

1.1 Everlasting hope for the future 1

1.2 Bravery and courage to face life's challenge.....................................................4

1.3 Heroic fight in real battle 5

    1.4 Enternal passion to life.....................................................................................6

Chapter Two The Detailed Analysis of Santiago’s Performance 7

2.1 Santiago’s words 7

2.2 Santiago’s actions 9

Conclusion 11

Bibliography 12