Analysis of Symbolism in A Farewell to Arms 象征手法在《永别了,武器》分析.doc

Analysis of Symbolism in A Farewell to Arms Chapter I Introduction to the Novel 1.1 Background of the Author 1.1.1 Life of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Hemingway was generally regarded as spokesman for the Lost Generation. He was famous for his novels and short stories written in his spare, laconic, yet intense prose with short sentences and very specific details. Almost all his stories deal with the theme of courage in face of tragedy. They reveal man’s impotence and despairing courage to assert himself against overwhelming odds. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinios. At his adolescence, he attended and graduated from Oak Park High School. After America entered the World War I, Hemingway volunteered to serve as an ambulance driver with the American Red Cross. Shortly after reaching the front lines, he was wounded in the legs and transferred to a hospital in Milan where he met a nurse. In 1929, Hemingway drew upon his World War I experience s for his second novel, A Farewell to Arms. Its tragic love story was again an enormous artistic and commercial success after The Sun Also Rises (1926). Hemingway also witnessed and felt the Spanish Civil War and World War II for himself. All of these experiences provided him with continuous source of writing. Hemingway committed suicide on July 2,1961, by placing the barrel of a twelve –gauge shotgun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. Hemingway was productive all through his life. His popularity continued to grow even his death. 1.1.2 Literary Writing of Hemingway Hemingway created many famous works, including: Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923) In Our Time (1925) The Sun Also Rises (1926) A Farewell to Arms (1929) Death in the Afternoon (1932) Green Hills of Africa (1935) The Fifth Column (1938) For whom the Bells Tolls (1940) Across the River and into the Trees (1950) The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Hemingway was a myth in his own time, and a myth in American literature. He was a glamorous public