"A ship crosses the end of the world and sails for the unknown sea. On the bow, there is a flag, which is still gorgeous even after the storm. On the flag, the word Yunlong dances and shines-beyond the limit! "
The Old Man and the Sea created a classic tough guy image. An old fisherman named Santiago in Cuba went fishing alone. After 48 days of nothing, he caught a huge marlin. This is a big fish that the old man has never seen or heard of. It is two feet longer than his boat. The fish was so strong that he dragged the boat for two whole days and nights. During these two days and nights, the old man experienced a difficult test that he had never experienced before, and finally stabbed the big fish to death and tied it to the bow. However, at this time, he met a shark, and the old man fought with the shark to the death. As a result, the marlin was eaten up by sharks, and the old man finally dragged home with only a bare fish skeleton.
In the words of the old man in the novel, "people are not born to be defeated" and "people can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated." This is the philosophy that The Old Man and the Sea want to reveal.
When a person admits this defect and tries to overcome it instead of giving in to it, it doesn't matter whether he finally catches a complete marlin or an empty skeleton, because the value of a person's life has been fully reflected in the process of hunting marlin.
He once pursued and struggled for his ideal. Isn't he a winner? The old fisherman is a winner who dares to challenge his shortcomings and his courage and confidence.
From the perspective of secular victory, the old fisherman is not the final winner, because although he defeated the marlin at first, the marlin was eventually eaten by the shark, and he just returned to the shore with the skeleton of the marlin, which means that the shark is the winner.
However, in the eyes of idealists, the old fisherman is the winner, because he never gave in to the sea, marlin and shark. As the music master Beethoven said, "I can be destroyed, but I can't be conquered".
Human nature is tenacious, and human beings have their own limits, but it is precisely because people like the old fisherman have repeatedly challenged and surpassed that this limit has been expanded again and again, and greater challenges have been placed in front of human beings again and again. In this sense, a hero like the old fisherman Santiago deserves our eternal respect no matter whether he succeeds or fails in challenging the limits. Because, what he brings us is the noblest confidence of mankind!
Life is an endless pursuit. Its road is long, difficult and full of bumps, but as long as he bravely meets the challenge with a confident heart, he will always be a real winner!
Every book has its own "soul". When you read a book, you will unconsciously fall into the world envisaged by that book. Thesis proposal
Ou Peixia's opening report
Title: "Death Consciousness" under "Iceberg"
-Analysis of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
First, the significance of the topic and the research status.
1. The purpose, theoretical significance and practical significance of the topic.
Objective: Through the in-depth analysis of The Old Man and the Sea, to explore Hemingway's writing style-"iceberg principle". This paper focuses on four elements of this principle. Through a detailed analysis of the iceberg principle embodied in The Old Man and the Sea, this paper puts forward the characters, feelings and symbolic meanings reflected in the work, and further embodies the author's own "death consciousness", thus uncovering the deep meaning and artistic charm of "rare and many" and the relationship between art and life reflected. Finally, the article briefly introduces Hemingway's contribution to American and world literature and its social significance.
Theoretical significance: Through the in-depth study of The Old Man and the Sea, the study of Hemingway's writing style-"iceberg principle" is conducive to the further development and perfection of this theory, and deepen the understanding of this writing principle by creators and other readers from a theoretical height.
Practical significance: Through the in-depth study of The Old Man and the Sea, combined with the reality, the author is guided to further explore Hemingway's creative principle "iceberg principle", revealing its profound connotation and artistic charm of "using less and getting more" and the relationship between art and life reflected. Then master the practical application skills of this principle and make better creation.
2. Overview of research and development related to the selected topic at home and abroad.
Hemingway's "iceberg theory" is a departure and betrayal of the increasingly complex literary writing that prevailed in the late 19 th century and early 20 th century. Literary critics at home and abroad greatly appreciate this and conduct research and discussion, such as the famous British critic He? Oh? Bates and China's famous writer Ma Yuan. The "iceberg principle" is the need of the times, reflecting the style of the times and creating a generation of writing style, but it is not complete in practice. As a creative principle, the influence of "Iceberg Principle" is eternal. This paper collects Hemingway's own opinions from the viewpoints of Chinese and foreign critics, and takes The Old Man and the Sea as an example to analyze the "iceberg principle" from a critical point of view, focusing on the "seven and eight points" hidden under the iceberg, its rigorous and concise "telegraph style", universal and vivid life language, and the combination of complexity and simplicity, which makes this specific writing style look like Balzac, more than less.
Second, the research plan
1. Basic contents and expected results of the study (outline)
1. Introduction
1. 1 "iceberg theory"
1.2 discussion by western critics
Four basic components of 1.3 theory
2. Death consciousness in The Old Man and the Sea
2. 1 the theme of the old man and the sea
2.2 Death consciousness
Santiago
marlin
2.3 Overview of Death Consciousness
3 Hemingway's style influence
4. Conclusion
Step 5 refer to
2. Research methods to be adopted
This paper mainly adopts the method of literature research, through reading and studying relevant literature materials and monographs, sorts out and summarizes the materials, and provides theoretical basis for the elaboration of the article.
3. Necessary conditions and possible problems of research.
This paper mainly discusses Hemingway's writing style-"iceberg principle" by analyzing the hidden death consciousness in The Old Man and the Sea. In view of this content, a large number of Chinese and English literature materials at home and abroad are needed, mainly monographs and literature materials on iceberg theory and Hemingway's personal research.
Problem: There are a large number of monographs and documents, but the latest research information at home and abroad is still not available in time.
Three. Research schedule, references and review opinions
Research schedule
(1) the first week of thesis guidance (the eighth week of the semester): students complete the first draft.
(2) the second week of thesis guidance (the ninth week of the semester): the instructor will review the first draft of the thesis and send it back for revision.
(3) the third week of thesis guidance (the tenth week of the semester): students hand in the second draft of the thesis.
(4) The fourth week of thesis guidance (the eleventh week of the semester): Instruct the teachers to review the second draft and send it back to the students for further revision.
(5) The fifth week of thesis guidance (the twelfth week of the semester): the final draft.
(6) The sixth week of thesis guidance (the thirteenth week of the semester): submit the final printed draft and electronic text.
(7) The sixth week of thesis guidance (the thirteenth week of the semester): from Friday of this week to Friday of the seventh week of thesis guidance (the first week of the semester), teachers and reviewers are instructed to write comments, and students are prepared to reply.
(8) The seventh week of thesis guidance (the fourteenth week of the semester): The defense work is carried out on Wednesday of the eighth week of thesis guidance (the fifteenth week of the semester).
3. Information to be collected and main references (not less than 8 articles)
Hemingway: a writer as an artist. Grid edition. Princeton: Princeton University, 1963.
(2) Susan Beagle. Hemingway's art of ellipsis: four manuscript examples. Ann arbor: UMI Research Press, 1988.
(3) brenner Gerry. The obscurity in Hemingway's works. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1983.
(4) Hemingway: Death in the afternoon. New york: Scribner, 1932.
(5) George purington. "ernest hemingway: Interview." Paris review (spring 1958): 6 1-89. Reynolds, Michael. Hemingway's reading,1910t-1940: an inventory. Princeton: Princeton University, 198 1:
(6) Smith and Paul. Hemingway's Early Manuscripts: Theory and Practice of Ellipsis. Journal of Modern Literature10.2 (1983): 268-88.
(7) ordinary people. An Introduction to American Literature, 2nd Edition [M]. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2003.
(8) ernest hemingway. The old man and the sea [M]. USA: Simon & Scribner Company, 1952.
Ernest Hemingway. The old man and the sea [M]. Zhang. Trans. Tianjin: Tianjin Translation Technology Press, 2003.
(10) Ernest? Hemingway. Iceberg theory and others [A]. Cui, Zhu Wei, et al. Dialogue and potential dialogue of iceberg theory [C]. Beijing: Workers Publishing House, 1986 :60 92.