On The Tragic Aesthetics Implications In Ernest Hemingway's Works

Ernest Hemingway, the most gifted American writer in the 20th century, with his discerning brush once described the unprecedented human disasters from the two world wars, and the depth of extrusion on human spirit from modern society and human's ultimate failure tragedy in human-and-nature resistance. His meaningful works reveal the majestic, mighty tragedy spirit and the passionate and enthusiastic courage of aesthetic connotations.Based on the results of previous studies , and on the theory of tragic aesthetics, the paper tries to discuss Ernest Hemingway's creative aesthetic style and aesthetic significance, from the three aspects of human-and-society competition, human's self -confrontation, and human-and-nature resistance , so as to re-examine his creative thinking, position his writing style and recognize the significance of his aesthetics.It is the literary topic of war that can best show the human-and-society confrontations, Ernest Hemingway's early creations, a series of war novels like "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms" delicate the great social scourge in the face of the tragedy of the situation and the tragic outcome. The barbaric and brutal wars deprive of the right to existence, infringe on the personal dignity, which confirms the hopeless but noble soul of human being in resisting the vicious world of wars, pouring out a bleak tragic beauty. And the spirit of human's self-confrontation lies in cracking the entanglement of ethics and the original desire at heart, such as soul and life and death, love and hatred, success and destruction, justice and profits. Ernest Hemingway's creations such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "Francis Macabre short of a happy life" are the best chapters to reveal human vulnerability. These works reach deep into the bottom of a person's soul and realize the complex diversity of humanity from the spiritual transcendence, personality remodeling and personality distortion of human being. This makes us recognize that the meaning of living is to reduce, extricate ourselves from and transcend all the sufferings and bitterness so as to reach the state of the unity of harmony, kindness and beauty of life. It is Ernest Hemingway's successful choice during his creative peak to narrate the tragedy of man-and-nature struggle. From Santiago's tragedy in "The Old Man and the Sea", we can see human being's courage and high-spirited vitality to resist against the failure and doom for the better ideals and noble purpose, which also radiates a kind of lofty beauty.