Analysis-of-A-Clean--Well-lighted-Place

第1页共6页专业班级姓名学号(密封线外不要写姓名、学号、班级、密封线内不准答题，违者按零分计)…………………………………………密…………………………封……………………………………线…………………………………考试方式：论文太原理工大学现代科技学院英美小说要选读卷专业：考试日期：时间：分钟共页题号一二三四五六七八九总分得分AnalysisofAClean,Well-lightedPlaceAbstract:ErnestHemingwayisoneoftheoutstandingAmericanshort-storywritersinthetwentiethcentury.Hisworksaresonotedforprofoundideasandabundantconnotationsthattheyarepopularwithreaders.HeisarepresentativeoftheLostGeneration.Hisworksarebasedonhisownspecialexperiences,theenvironmentandtheagehelivedin.Almostallofhisworksreflectthepessimisticnihilism.TheshortstoryAClean,Well-lightedPlacewasoneofHemingway’searlyworks.Itisaclassicalshortstorywithnihilism,assumingtypicalHemingway’sstyle,thatis,takingNothingnessasthethemeandemployingabundantsimplesentences.Inthework,Hemingway,basedonthestorybetweentheoldmanandthetwowaiters,pointedoutthatNadacommonlyexistsinhuman’slife,itisactuallytheexperienceofone’sownexistence,andtheonlywaytoresistNadaistokeepacleanandwell-lightedplaceinthemind.Thisthesiswillmakeananalysisofthenovelfromdifferentangles,includingthewriter,thewritingbackgroundofthenovel,themaincharactersinthenovelandthethemeofNada.Throughtheanalysis,thethesisencodestheoriginandtheessenceofNada.Outline:I.IntroductionII.TheBackgroundoftheAuthorandtheNovelⅢ.TheGeneralIntroductiontotheNovelⅣ.EncodingtheTheme——NadaⅤ.ConclusionI.IntroductionHemingway’sshortstoryAClean,Well-LightedPlacewaswritteninhisearlytime,andisoneofclassicalworksofHemingway’sstyleaswell.Inthisshortstory,hemostlyusedshortandsimplesentences.Thethemeofnothingnessisacontroversialandpopulartopicinmodernliterature.Inordertounderstandthenovelandtheauthor’sminds,thisthesismakesananalysisofthenovelfromdifferentangles,includingthewriter,thewritingbackgroundofthenovel,themaincharactersinthenovelandthethemeofNada.Inthepast,somepeoplethoughtHemingway’smindswerepessimistic,andAClean,Well-LightedPlacewasaclassicnovelofnihilism.Intheauthor’sopinion,AClean,Well-LightedPlacemakesthereaderstoponderoverthemeaningoflifeandisworthyofreadingandstudying.第2页共6页II.TheBackgroundoftheAuthorandtheNovelA.TheGeneralIntroductionofHemingwayErnestHemingway(1899-1961)isawell-knownAmericannovelistandshortstorywriterinmoderntimes,andoneofthemostcelebratedandinfluentialauthorsinthetwentiethcentury.HewasawardedtheNobelPrizein1954forhisshortstory—TheOldManandtheSea.Moreover,whenreferringtoHemingway,heisalwaysrelatedwiththeLostGeneration.ItiscertainthatHemingway’slifeisfullofromance.Hisspecialexperiencemakeshisworksrepresentageneration,andstillhasagreatinfluenceonmodernliterature.IfHemingway’snovelisstudied,itisdefinitetomakearesearchonErnestHemingwayhimselfatfirst.B.TheLostGenerationLostGenerationisaliteratureschooloriginalinAmericaninthetwentiethcentury.LostGenerationreferstothegenerationaftertheWorldWarI.Meanwhile,italsoreferstotheyoungwriterswholivedasexpatriatesinWesternEuropeforashorttime.TheLostGenerationisalsocalledtheSadYoungManbyF.ScottFitzgeraldinhisbookwhichdescribesthedisillusionedyoungergenerationaftertheFirstWorldWar.TheLostGenerationwasagroupofrebelliousyouthappearedinAmericaaftertheFirstWorldWar.The1920swasanageofProhibition.Alcoholicbeverageswereoutlawedbyaconstitutionalamendment.However,youngpeoplecheerfullyevadedthelawinthousandsof“speakeasies”(illegalbars).Theyplayedjazz,tookdrugsandbravelydenunciatedthePuritanmoralityandthesocialconvention.Atthesametime,alotofworksappearedtoreflecttheseyoungmen’sdepressionandsademotion.Theyseemedtolosetheirdirectionsforthefuture.Actuallythe“LostGeneration”wasneverlost.Inthebook—BackgroundsofAmericanLiteratureThought,itwaswrittenthat“It(TheLostGeneration)wasshocked,uprootedforatime,bittercritical,rebellious,iconoclastic,experimental,oftenabsurd,moreoftenmisdirected—butnever‘lost’”.(ZhangHanxi,P165,1995)Theachievementinliteraturecanprovethispointofview.AlotofgreatworkswasproducedbytheLostGeneration.Generallyspeaking,theLostGenerationwasagroupofpeoplewhoweresoberedupbytheWar.Ⅲ.TheGeneralIntroductiontotheNovelA.TheWritingStyleofAClean,Well-lightedPlaceAsithasbeenmentionedabove,Hemingwayhelpedtoaccomplisharevolutioninliteraturestyleandlanguage.Hetriedtocutoutallthewordsthatwerenotnecessary.Hisstylewascharacterizedbyshortandsimplesentenceswithafewadjectivesandadverbs.InhisshortstoryAClean,Well-lightedPlace,Hemingwayusedalotofconversationstocomparethemiddleagedwaiterwiththeyoungwaiter.Intheshortstory,thesentenceshaveonlyoneorseveralwords.Hemingwayalsousedmeaningfulsymbolstoconveydeepmeanings,whichisworthyofstudyingandthinkingover.B.TheCharactersoftheNovelThisstorytookplaceinaSpanishcafé.Theplotwasfocusedontheoldman,themiddleagedwaiterandtheyoungwaiter.Theoldmanwasthemaincharacterintheshortstory.Lateatnight,everyonehadleftthecaféexcepttheolddeafman,whowasalittledrunk.Thetwowaiterswereworriedthathemightleavewithoutpayingifhebecamedeeplydrunk.Thentheykeptwatchonhimandbegantheirconversationabouttheoldman.Atfirstglanceoftheshortstory,itseemeddifficulttounderstandwhytheoldmanwantedtocommitsuicidejustfornothing.However，第3页共6页学院系专业班级姓名学号(密封线外不要写姓名、学号、班级、密封线内不准答题，违者按