Abstract

Ernest Miller Hemingway has been widely acclaimed as one of the most outstanding novelist, short-story writer and journalist in American history. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most influential and far-reaching novels of literary treasure of the world. He models an image of code hero with heroism in this excellent works. Scholars have shown great interest in his works, especially in The Old Man and the Sea, which won the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Literature Prize. They have studied the plot, characters and social relevance of the book. However, this thesis blazes a new trail to employ the corporate value systems to analyze the heroism in The Old Man and the Sea. This analysis is an attempt to associate the literature with the modern corporate values.
This thesis focuses mainly on the core values of corporate value systems to analyze the heroism in the old man and its connection to the corporate core values and the enlightenment to modern people. This paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of heroism from the old man’s grace under pressure---his executive capacity, his cooperation with the little boy and his management ability reflected in the debate on the best baseball player. What’s more, it also aims to explore some conformities between heroism and corporate core values. Heroism represents the invincible force of human being——how a person grabs the spiritual power from the environmental disaster and actual failure. The spiritual power can be both valued to encourage ourselves and passed to each other, which is particularly important in the corporate values.
It is of significance for us to treat the heroism at every level and apply it to our work and life.

Key words: The Old Man and the Sea   heroism   corporate core values

摘要

海明威被认为是美国历史上最出色的小说家，短篇故事作家和记者之一。《老人与海》是一件影响广泛，寓意深刻的世界文学瑰宝。在这部优秀的文学作品中，他塑造了一个具有英雄气概的硬汉形象。 不少学者都对海明威有着极大地兴趣，尤其是他的《老人与海》，这部作品获得了普利策奖和诺贝尔文学奖。他们已经对这本书的故事情节，人物性格和社会影响方面做了不少研究，而本文则另辟蹊径，在企业价值观的视野下，分析《老人与海》中的英雄主义。本文尝试将文学作品与现代企业价值大胆联系。
这篇论文主要以企业价值系统下的核心价值为框架，分析老人身上展现出来的英雄主义品质，与企业核心价值的联系以及对现代人的启示。本文分别从老人在重压之下之下展露的英雄魅力---执行力，与小男孩的团结互助---协作力，以及他在最棒棒球员的争论中流露的团队领导者气质---领导力这三方面分析英雄主义，并探究该品质与现代企业核心价值观的相符之处。英雄主义代表着人所不可征服的力量——一个人如何从灾难和实际失败的环境中攫取精神上的力量。精神的力量既可鼓励自身，也可相互传递，这在企业价值观中，显得尤为重要。
在企业价值的框架下了解英雄主义，对于我们如何全面地看待英雄主义和在工作与生活如何运用，具有较深的意义。

关键词：《老人与海》  英雄主义  企业核心价值