On Puritanism in The Scarlet Letter_英语论文

摘要

清教主义就是清教徒的生活方式的写照以及他们的信仰。但凡写作背景为16世纪或者之后的文学作品便是这一宗教理念的最好阐释说明。在描写清教徒生活的文学天空中，《红字》无疑是最闪亮的星星之一。《红字》的作者纳撒尼亚.霍桑自小说问世以来就享有世界级的赞誉。这部小说是在清教主义的阳光下产生的，它的背景是17世纪的波士顿。小说引人入胜且合情合理多亏了清教主义。正如我们所知道的，文学总是现实生活的镜子。由于小说和清教主义之间的密切关系，所以在研究时不可避免的要两者一起研究。在这篇论文中，主要从一下几个方面探索清教主义在《红字》中的体现，这几个方面分别是清教主义的产生以及在美国的发展，清教主义的信仰，清教主义在小说人物中的反映，清教主义在人物台词中的反映，清教主义在小说场景中的反映等。论文的作者将通过阅读小说从以上几个方面提出她自己的见解以便更好的理解这本小说以及清教主义。

关键词：霍桑  清教主义 《红字》

Abstract

The Puritans’ way of life and set of beliefs were called the Puritanism. The literary works of this period who’s most setting was 16th century or later on can be the best elaboration of this kind of religion. In the sky of the great masterpieces which describe the life of Puritans, The Scarlet Letter is almost the brightest star of all. The author of this novel is Nathaniel Hawthorne, who always enjoyed a world class praises since the novel was written. This novel was a product of under the influence of Puritanism. It sets in Boston during the life in 17th century. Thanks to the Puritanism, the whole story can be attractive. As we all know, the literature is always the mirror of real life. Since the close relationship between the novel and the Puritanism, it’s inevitable to study one of them. In this paper, I explored the Puritanism reflects on The Scarlet Letter from following aspects: The origin and development of the Puritanism in America, the belief of the Puritanism, Puritanism in Nathaniel Hawthorn’s writing, Puritanism reflected by the characters, the words of the protagonists and the scenes in this novel. The author of this paper would analyze this topic from above aspects by reading this novel and raising her own understanding of the Puritanism in this novel in order to have a better understanding of the novel and Puritanism.

Key words : Hawthorne；Puritanism；The Scarlet Letter

Contents

1.  Introduction 1

2.  Literature Review 3

3.  The Puritanism 6

3.1 The Origin and Development of the Puritanism in America 6

3.2 Beliefs of the Puritanism 7

3.3 Puritanism in Hawthorne’s Writing 9

4.  Puritanism Reflected by The Scarlet Letter 11

4.1 Puritanism Reflected by the Characters 11

4.2 Puritanism Reflected by the Characters’ Words 15

4.2.1 Dimmesdale 15

4.2.2 Roger Chillingworth 18

4.3 Puritanism Reflected the Scenes 19

5.  Conclusion 23

Bibliography 24

Acknowledgments 26