Abstract

The Old Man and the Sea, as the magnum opus of Ernest Hemingway, has been praised highly and studied continually by scholars at home and abroad. This dissertation, from the perspective of ecocriticism, while parses the natural imagery of The Old Man and the Sea, details the protagonist Santiago’s love for nature, his ambition to control the nature, and the outlook on nature which human beings should have. And further with the cognition of deep ecology and the reflection on anthropocentrism, the dissertation illustrates the symbiotic relationship between human and nature. It also emphasizes that human should respect the values of other organisms in the ecosystem.

Key words : The Old Man and the Sea; ecocriticism; natural image

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

1.1 An introduction to Ernest Hemingway1

1.2 A brief summary and literature review2

2.About Ecocriticism3

2.1 The rise of ecocriticism4

2.2 The research method of ecocriticism4

3.An Ecocritical Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea 5

3.1 Santiago’s love for nature5

3.2 Santiago’s ambition to control the nature 7

3.3 The human’s right outlook on the nature8

4. Conclusion10

References.12