海明威「旭日東昇」中的虛無主義

Nihilism in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

This essay explores nihilism in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. As an American writer and journalist, he was known for his 'iceburg' theory. His distinctive writing style, take The Sun Also Rises for example, is characterized by economy and understatement. He was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as 'the Lost Generation.' This novel reflects the period following the first World War, a period of maladjustment and despair on the part of a war-weary generation for whom life had lost its significance. And after the war, feeling deeply traumatic and despaired, he reflected his nihilistic view through this novel. This is, of course, very natural for him because 'literature reflects life'.本文旨在探討海明威最具代表的小說－《旭日東昇》－中的虛無主義。戰地記者出身的他，向以其「冰山理論」之小說創作技巧聞名於世，其文體簡潔流暢。而在《旭日東昇》中另以其「輕描淡寫」手法烘托出其虛無主義思想。1920年代他移居巴黎，是史坦因所謂的「失落的一代」。第一次世界大戰後，海氏目睹戰爭深受之心理創傷與失望，藉由小說反映其虛無思想，自是十分自然之事，蓋「文學反映人生」。