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《一个干净明亮的地方》的主题研究
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SOUTHCHINAUNIVERSITYOFSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY
毕业论文
GRADUATETHESIS
论文题目:
《一个干净明亮的地方》的主题研究
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专业班级:
11英语2班
学院:
外国语学院
指导教师:
2015年04月08日
AnalysisontheThemeinACleanWell-lightedPlace
By
Agraduatethesis
submittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirements
forthedegreeofBachelorofArtstothe
CollegeofForeignLanguages
NorthChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology
April8th,2015
摘要
欧内斯特·海明威(ErnestHemingway,1899-1961),男,美国作家和记者,20世纪最著名的小说家之一。
海明威的文学作品获奖无数,1953年,他以《老人与海》一书获得普利策奖;1954年,《老人与海》又为海明威获得诺贝尔文学奖。
2001年,海明威的《太阳照常升起》与《永别了,武器》两部作品被美国现代图书馆列入“20世纪中的100部最佳英文小说”中。
作为海明威的早期短篇作品《一个干净明亮的地方》也以其独特的写作风格和深刻的主题思想得到海内外读者的赞许,甚至有人推测《一个干净明亮的地方》是海明威本人最满意的作品。
本文主要研究《一个干净明亮的地方》的主题,主要角度有虚无、人性和冰山理论来进一步分析主题三个方面。
论文表层的主题是虚无,战争对美国青年一代的影响深刻。
他们在战后失去了信念,失去了健康。
他们变得无所事事,觉得人生很虚无。
只能用酒精来麻痹自己。
深层次的主题是人性的揭示。
在心理学领域普遍认为人有两大本性:
生的本性和死的本性。
生的本性表现为善良、慈爱、宽容等积极正面的行为。
死的本性则表现为杀戮、贪婪、自毁等邪恶极端的行为。
三,从海明威的美学蕴涵和美学创造进一步分析主题,最具特色的代表是:
含蓄和简约。
含蓄法是海明威的“冰山理论”的具体化。
作者在《一个干净明亮的地方》中对少女和大兵的描写便运用了此种手法。
简约是海明威短篇小说的特点。
文中没有多余的描述,只有简单的对话。
关键词欧内斯特·海明威;《一个干净明亮的地方》;虚无;人性;冰山理论
ABSTRACT
ErnestHemingway(1899-1961)isanAmericannovelistandreporter.Heisoneofthemostfamousnovelistin20thcentury.Hemingwayreliedonhisliteraryworkstoacquiremanyprizes.In1953,hisliterarywork,theOldManandtheSeamadehimwinthePulitzerprize.In1954,theOldManandtheSeaalsomadehimthewinneroftheNobelPrizeforliterature.In2001,thetwoworksofHemingway,theSunAlsoRisesandaFarewelltoArmswereincludedinthe100bestEnglishnovelof20thcenturybyAmericanModernLibrary.AsHemingway’searlyshortstories,ACleanWell-lightedPlacehasitsuniquewritingstyleandprofoundtheme.Thisisthereasonwhytheworkgotpraiseathomeandabroad.EvensomeonespeculatedthatACleanWell-lightedPlaceisthemostsatisfyingworkforHemingwayhimself.
Thispapermainlystudiesthenovel'stheme,fromthreeaspects:
nihilism,humanityandHemingway’swritingstyle.Thesurfacethemeisnihilism.ItisaprofoundimpactontheyounggenerationaftertheFirstWorldWar.Theylostfaithandhealthinthewar.Theybecamehavenothingtodo.So,theythoughtthelifeisempty.Theycanonlyusealcoholtonumbthemselves.TheyaretheLostGeneration.Americandreamfinallyburst,theAmericanpeopleareinnothingness.Theunderlyingthemeistorevealhumanity.Inthefieldofpsychologyisgenerallybelievedthattherearetwonature:
thenatureofliveandthenatureofdeath.Thelivingnaturecharacteristicsarethekind,loving,forgiving,positivebehavior.Thedeathofnaturecharacteristicsareevil,greedy,selfdestructionandkillingbehavior.Three,fromtheHemingway'saestheticimplicationandaestheticcreationtoanalyzeonthetheme,onbehalfofthemostcharacteristicare:
subtleandbrief.TheimplicitmethodisanembodimentofHemingway's"IcebergTheory".TheauthorusedsuchmethodtodescribeagirlandasoldierinACleanWell-lightedPlace.SimplicityisthecharacteristicofHemingway'sshortstories.
KeywordsErnestHemingway;ACleanWell-lightedPlace;Nihilism;Humanity;IcebergTheory;Brief
CONTENTS
Chapter1Introduction
ACleanWell-lightedPlaceistheearlyworkofErnestHemingway.ThisnovelisoneofthemostrepresentativeworksofHemingway.Inthisnovel,HemingwayfullyemploysskillsofIcebergTheoryandBrief,thusmakingthenovelfullofmeaningtheme.ThebookwasspeculatedthatACleanWell-lightedPlaceisthemostsatisfyingworkforHemingwayhimself.
1.1ErnestHemingway
ErnestMillerHemingway,bornonJuly,21,1899,isanAmericannovelistandreporter.HeisawinnerofthePulitzerPrizeandtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.HealsowontheSilvermedalofmilitaryvalorduringthefirstWorldWar.AstherepresentingwriterofLostGenerationinAmerican,hisworkshaveshowntheperplexityaboutlife,theworldandsociety.
Asanovelist,themostimportantcontributiontoliteratureishisaesthetics.Hesaidthattherealbeautyshouldbethecombinationofnaturalbeautyandartisticbeauty,andshouldnotbetheonlyman-madebeauty.Goodworksshouldnotbepileduprhetoric,shouldhavetheirownpersonality.Thus,heformedhisownuniquestyleinwriting,theicebergtheory.There’sanendtothewords,butnottotheirmessage.Andimaginetheicebergunderthe7/8throughthe1/8representation,whichistheuniquenessofHemingway.HisshortstoryHillsLikeWhiteElephantisatypicalrepresentativeoftheicebergtheory.Inanothernovel,theSunAlsoRisesdepictstheHemingway’sexperienceduringtheFirstWorldWar.Hethinksthatthedutyonnovelististosaytruth.Hisworksaredevotedtopursuethetrue,thegoodandthebeauty,whilerevealingtheevil.Hisworksreflecthispersonalexperienceanditisalsotheportrayaloflife.Inhiswork,TheOldManandTheSea,hepraisedtheoldman’scourageandpersistentduringfightingwithsharks.
Asaprivatecitizen,Hemingwayexperiencedtwoworldwars.DuringtheFirstWorldWar,Hemingwayfoughtfordemocracyandfreedom.Hebelievesthatwarcanbringdemocracy.But,afterthewar,thereisonlyleftadestroyedfaithandnihilismwithoutthecoatofhonor.Hemingwaylosthisfaith,hishealthandhislove.Duringthistime,hecanonlydrinkalldays,withoutwork,moneyandanythingelse.So,the
WarisimportantforHemingwayandhisnovels.AFarewelltoArmsisthemostrepresentativeworkaswellasACleanWell-LightedPlace.
1.2ACleanWell-lightedPlace
ACleanWell-lightedPlaceisHemingway’sshortworks.Atthesametime,HemingwayalsowroteTheSunAlsoRisesandAFarewelltoArms.Asthereflectionworksofthewar,ACleanWell-lightedPlacehasimportantresearchvalue.AftertheFirstWorldWar,Hemingwaytransformedfromwaridealistintowarnegative.Inthistime,Hemingwaylosthisfaithandaim,hecanonlyrelyonalcoholtonumbhimself.Andhetriedtothroughthiswaytoseekatemporarypeaceplace.Justastheoldmaninthisnovel.
Thenovelcentersonthecafe,theoldman,whocommitsuicidelastnight.Andtwowaiters,whoarechattingwitheachotherandtoldabouttheoldman.Theoldmanhasplentymoney,buthehasdeaf.Hehasnowifeandanythingelse,butmoney.Helivesaveryboringlifethathehasnoaim,nofaith,nolove.So,hewantedtodeathwithhangingacope.Buthisniecesavedhim.Theoldmanlostthereasontolive,hebecameemptiness.So,hehastodrunktoescapehislifeandtopursueacleanwell-lightedplace.Thus,hedrunkinthecafeallnight.Evenhedrunkandheisold,heiscleanandelegant.Heisagentleman.
Twootherheroofthenovelaretheyoungwaiterandtheolderwaiter.Fortheyoungwaiter,hehaslotsofthingtodo,buthehasnotime.Everynight,hewantstosleepbefore3o’clock.But,hehardlydoneit.So,healwayslookslikehurry.Fortheolderwaiter,heisoldenoughandheunderstandstheoldman.Maybehehasthesameexperiencewiththeoldman.Heisnotconfidenceandnotyoung.Heisveryenvytheyoungwaiter.Hefeeleverythingisnothing.So,afterclosedthecafe,hecametoabartodrink.Healsowantstofindaclean,lightandpleasantplace.Afterhewenthome,hewantedtosleep,buthishomeisverybleak,notwarm.Helostsleepallnightjustliketheoldman.
Inthisstory,thereisagirlandasoldier.Hemingwayonlyuseslittersentencestodescribetwoperson.Thegirlandthesoldierwentbythestreet.Thestreetlightshoneonthebrassnumberonhiscollar.Thegirlworenoheadcoveringandhurriedbesidehim.Then,accordingtotheconversationoftwowaiter,Hemingwaytoldusthesoldierhadalifeofdebauchery.
1.3ResearchSignificanceandStructure
ThispaperstudiestheresearchstatusontopicofACleanWell-lightedPlacetosuppleresearchproductionandhelpmorecomprehensiveunderstandingHemingwayforthelaterscholars.Throughthestudyofthetext,peoplecanunderstandthethemeofACleanWell-lightedPlaceandmoreprofoundlyunderstandtheheavyimpactonpeople’slivesafterthewar.
ThefirstpartdescribesHemingwayandhisnovelACleanWell-lightedPlace,aswellasthesignificanceandstructureofthepaper.Thesecondpartisthedissertationliteraturereviewandtheoryintroduction.Thethirdpartisthenovel'stheme,fromthreeaspectstostudy:
thesurfaceofthethemeisnihilism.DisillusionmentofUSAdream,atthattime,thepeopleinUSAsocietygenerallybelievein"inAmerican,afteralongandunremittingefforts,everyonehastheopportunitytogetabetterlife".Butatthetime,manyyoungpeoplejoinedintheFirstWorldWarwithdreamandbeliefs.Inthewar,theyarenotonlythebodyhasbeenseriouslyhurt,butalsohearthasbeengreatlytrauma.Beforethewar,theywenttothebattlefieldwiththeenthusiasmandthehopefordemocracy.Duringthewar,theywitnessedthedeathoffriend.Afterthewar,theirdreamcannotbecome,theybecameunemploymentandlosteverything.Manypeoplepursuethewealthandbecomegreedy,Americandreamfinallyburst,theAmericanpeopleareinnothingness.Theunderlyingthemeistorevealhumanity.Inthefieldofpsychologyisgenerallybelievedthattherearetwonature:
thenatureofliveandthenatureofdeath.Thelivingnaturecharacteristicsarethekind,loving,forgiving,positivebehavior.Thedeathofnatureareevil,greedy,selfdestructionandkillingtheextremebehavior.Three,fromtheHemingway'saestheticimplicationandaestheticcreationtoanalysisonthethemefurther,onbehalfofthemostcharacteristicis:
subtleandbrief.TheimplicitmethodisanembodimentofHemingway's"IcebergTheory".Theauthorusedsuchmethodtodescribeagirlandasoldierin
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