摘要：海明威是美国著名的小说家和短篇小说作家,在他所有的作品中，《老人与海》最能体现他独特的写作风格和语言特征。海明威用简洁自然的语言刻画了一个海上渔夫的硬汉形象，展现了人性的不屈不挠和勇敢坚持。本文运用了文本分析和举例子的方法分析了作品中的语言特征和写作风格。全文分为四个部分，第一部分介绍了作者及作品的概况。第二部分分析了作品的语言特征，主要包括语言简洁、比喻生动等方面。第三部分介绍写作风格,主要包括冰山风格和象征手法的使用。第四部分是总结。海明威这种独特的创作方法和艺术风格对整个文坛产了重要的影响。希望此文能够帮助人们更好地去了解《老人与海》这部作品。

 关键词：海明威；语言特征；写作风格

Abstract：Earnest Hemingway is a well-known American novelist and short story writer. In all his novels, The Old Man and the Sea is a typical case of his unmatched writing style and language feature. Hemingway is good at using simple and natural language style, Hemingway depicts a tough fisherman, who shows indomitable courage and perseverance. In this article, the language features and writing style of this work are analyzed by using the method of text analysis and examples. The full text is pided into four parts. The first part is the introduction of the author and the book. The second part is the analysis of the language features, including concise language, vivid metaphor and the usage of repetition. The third part talks about the writing style of the book, including the Iceberg Theory and the usage of symbolism. And the last part is the conclusion. Hemingway’s unique writing methods and artistic style have an important influence on the literary world. I hope this article can help people to understand The Old Man and the Sea better.

Key words: Hemingway; linguistic features; writing style

Contents

摘 要.i

Abstract.ii

I. Introduction1

II. The Features of the Language in The Old Man and the Sea2

2.1 Concise Language Style..3

 2.1.1 Concise and Accurate Description of Action..3

 2.1.2 Concise Inner Monologue.4

2.2 Vivid Metaphor.5

2.3 The Usage of Repetition6

III. The Writing Style of The Old Man and the Sea.7

 3.1 The Modern Narrative-----The Iceberg Theory..8

 3.2 The Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea....9

  3.2.1 The Symbolic Meaning of Santiago .10

  3.2.2 The Symbolic Meaning of the Lion11

  3.2.3 The Symbolic Meaning of the Sea .12

IV. Conclusion.13

Bibliography.14

Analysis on The language Features and Writing style of The Old Man and the Sea

I. Introduction

Miller Hemingway (July21,1899--July2,1961) is a world-famous American novelist and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He was a veteran of the war, and I was later called the “lost generation.” In 1928, Hemingway left Paris, living in American Florida and Cuba, having a quiet pastoral life. His economic and low-key style has a great influence on the twentieth century novel. His life is full of adventure and his public image has influenced the later generations. He published seven novels, six short stories, and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of short stories, and three novels were published after death. Many of these works are considered to be the classics of American literature. He created many works, but the most famous one is The Old Man and the Sea.

The Old Man and the Sea is finally finished by Hemingway’s writing career. It is a kind of excellent book with its vivid skill and simple language features. The Old Man and the Sea at the age of 1952 Pulitzer Prize for literature was the author of the Nobel Prize, 1954. This is a short story about Santiago with a 84 day old fisherman did not catch up with Cuba. So the boy, Mandolin, who used to sail with him, is forced to leave him and catch in another ship. The old fisherman insisted on fishing marlin by himself. Finally, he hung one eight feet, one of the biggest, he knew. But the fish is very mighty, disobedient. It dragged the old fisherman and his boat out to sea for 48 hours with the old fisherman bearing the whole weight of the fish through the line on his back.