Abstract

The Sun Also Rises, a book mainly about the life of a group of young Americans living in Paris in the 1920s, is a masterpiece of the famous American novelist Ernest Hemingway. This thesis begins with a brief introduction to the author, the novel as well as the protagonist Brett, then makes an analysis of Brett’s tragic destiny and its causes, and thereby demonstrates the characteristics of a “new women” in the 1920s in an all-round way.

Key words:  Brett, the lost generation, hopeless search, love

摘要

   《太阳照样升起》，一部讲述19世纪20年代一群侨居巴黎的美国年轻人的生活的小说，是美国著名小说家厄内斯特•海明威的杰作。论文从简要介绍该小说、作者以及小说的女主人公勃莱特入手，分析了勃莱特的悲剧命运及其成因，从而全面地展示了19世纪20年代一名“新女性”的特点。

关键词：勃莱特，迷惘的一代， 无望的寻觅，爱

1.    Introduction
    Ernest Hemingway is one of the most famous and the most controversial American writers in the modern times. None of the contemporary American writers can match him in terms of achievement and popularity. He has 17 works and has won several grand literary prizes during his life. As a representative of the “lost generation” in the 20th century, Hemingway’s works have a profound effect on those of the writers after him. Hemingway worked as a journalist in Kansas City Star from October 17 to April 30 in 1917. It was during this period that Hemingway’s own writing style began to take shape. In 1954, owning to his unique writing style, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Unfortunately, on July 2, 1962, Hemingway, just like his father, ended his life with a shotgun at his home in Ketchum , Idaho.
The Sun Also Rises, published in 1926, is the most important novel of Hemingway. It tells the story of a group of young American and British people, who travel from Paris to Pamplona in Spain to celebrate the fiesta of Fermin and watch the bullfight. The protagonist Jake is an American veteran of World War I who now works as a journalist in Paris. His friend Cohn, a rich Jewish writer is also an American expatriate. The female protagonist is Brett Ashley. She is a beautiful socialite. She and Jake meet in England during World War I, when Brett treats Jake for a war wound which rendered Jake sex impotent.