Second, it gives a systematic explanation about the implication of light and shadow in Hemingway’s works since in my paper I will discuss some short stories and some novels. After the separate discussion, I will give a brief summary about the implication of light and shadow.

Outline

Abstract

Chapter one Introduction

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Significance of the study

1.3 Organization of the Study

Chapter two Literature Review

2.1 Previous Studies on the Writing Style of Hemingway

2.2 Previous Studies on the imageries of Hemingway’s Works

2.3 Previous Studies on the Light Imagery

2.3.1 Domestic Studies on the Light Imagery

2.3.2 Foreign Studies on the Light Imagery

2.4 Previous Studies on the Shadow Imagery

2.4.1 Domestic Studies on the Shadow Imagery

2.4.2 Foreign Studies on the Shadow Imagery

2.5 Summary

Chapter three The Implication of Light and Shadow in Hemingway’s Works

3.1 Indian Camp

3.2 Hills Like White Elephants

3.3 A Clean Well-lighted Place

3.4 The Light of the World

3.5 The Sun Also Rises

3.6 The Snows of Kilimanjaro

3.7 The Old Man and the Sea

3.8 Summary

Chapters four Methodology

Chapter five Conclusions

References

Appendix

三、研究方法与措施

(1) Documentary research method

Searching and selecting the relative literature materials through the internet and libraries, accessing to all aspects of theoretical knowledge, accumulating large amounts of data, including various theories, novels, and the previous study and so on; analyzing, concluding and summarizing other researchers’ ideas.  

(2) Discussion with supervisor

Discussing with supervisor to get information during the initial stages of a research project. It is a valuable way in the literary research. Through discussion, I can know the teacher’s concerns, ideas and attitudes. With the help of the teacher, the thesis can be finished successfully.

四、研究工作的步骤与进度

1. 2015.10---2015.12 The stage of preparation

1.1 Collect materials

1.2 Write the opening report

1.3 Finish the literature review

2. 2016.01---2016.03  The stage of thesis writing

3. 2016.03---2016.04  The stage of thesis defense

五、中外文参考文献目录

[1] Ernest Hemingway, The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway[M], Scribner, 1997, 04

[2] Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro[M], Arrow Books Ltd，1994, 10

[3] Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea[M], Arrow Books Ltd，1994, 08

[4] Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises[M], Scribner，2006，10

[5] Jack F. Stewart, Light in To the Lighthouse[J], Twentieth Century Literature, Duke University Press and Hofstra University, 1977, 10, pp.377-389

[6] Walter Blair, Color, Light, and Shadow in Hawthorne’s Fiction[J], The New England Quarterly, New England Quarterly. Inc, 1942, 03, pp. 74-94

[7] Merritt Y. Hughes, Milton and the Symbol of Light[J], Studies in English Literature, Rice University, pp.1-33

[8] Stephen R. Weathers, Shadow & Light: Literature and the Life of Faith[M], Abilene Christian University Press, 1997, 08

[9] Joseph Albert Depasqual, The Use of Light Imagery in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway, North Texas State University, 1967, 08

[10]Constant Hood, The Use of Water in the Writing of Ernest Hemingway, Denton, Texas, 1957, 08

[11] Michael J. Meyer, Drawing The Shade: Wavering Light and Dark Imagery in Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent[J], The Steinbeck Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2008), pp. 35-48

[12] Kristin P. McColgan, “Light out of Darkness”: The Interlocking Pattern of Visual and Spatial Imagery in Paradise Lost[J], Milton Quarterly, Volume 25, Issue 3, October 1991, pages 89–101

[13] Ernest Hemingway, The Art of the Short Story. In Benson, Jackson. New Critical Approaches to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Duke University Press. 1990, ISBN 978-0-8223-1067-9