小男孩在老人与海中的作用.doc

毕 业 论 文 论文题目 小男孩在《老人与海》中的作用 学 院 外国语言学院 专 业 英语专业 年 级 2006级 学 号 06131xxxx 姓 名 xxx 指导教师 xxx 职 称 副教授 （二Ο一Ο年六月）  The Roles of the Little Boy in The Old Man and the Sea A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By xxx Under the Supervision of Lecturer. Zhou xx Foreign Languages College of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University June 2010 小男孩在老人与海中的作用 摘要 1952年《老人与海》面世的时候，在世界文坛上欧内斯特海明威已经饮誉四分之一个世纪多了。这本小说使他在1952年获得了普利策奖，两年后又为他赢得了诺贝尔奖。当海明威谈到小说成功的因素时曾将小男孩与老人相提并论。但许多评论家则是过多的对老人这个人物形象的研究，对小男孩的剖析往往被忽视。 本文主要分析了小男孩在文中不可替代的作用，其作用主要表现在以下几个方面；首先，就小说主题而言，是他帮助表现了“重压下的优雅风度”这一主题，充分体现了老人的性格特征，使老人的硬汉形象更为突出；其次，就读者而言，是他对读者发挥着打动和启发作用从而增强了作品的感染力，他对老人的感情潜移默化的影响着读者对老人的感受。 正因为对小男孩的刻画，老人的形象才更生动，小说的主题才更深刻，从而小说打动了更多的读者。 关键词：小男孩;老人;压力；优雅；性格；内心情感 The Roles of the Little Boy in The Old Man and the Sea Abstract When The Old Man and the Sea appeared in 1952,Earnst Hemingway had been an international literary celebrity for more than a quarter of a century .The novel earned him the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1952,and was instrumental in winning him the Nobel Prize for literature two years later. When Hemingway talked about the successful factors later , the little boy was mentioned in the same breath with the old man .However ,most critics put more emphasis on the study of character of the old man ,but the research of the little boy, Manolin ,in the novel is often neglected . This paper mainly discusses the indispensable roles of the little boy in The Old Man and the Sea. It can be divided into two parts .First, as far as the theme of the novel is concerned, he helps to perform the theme of “grace under pressure” and helps to show the old man’s character. Secondly, as regards readers, it is him who moves, inspires readers and increases the appeal of the work. The little boy’s emotions for the old man inevitably impact readers’ emot