纳桑尼尔·霍桑的观念分析-以《红字》为例_英语论文

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s View on Literature: A Case Study of The Scarlet Letter

摘要

纳桑尼尔·霍桑是美国文学史上颇具影响的浪漫主义小说家和心理小说家。1850年发表的长篇小说《红字》是他的代表作。小说是以17世纪在北美清教主义殖民统治下的新英格兰为背景，发生在1642-1649年的波士顿的爱情悲剧。以女主人公海斯特胸前的红字“A”为线索贯穿整部作品，从多个角度深刻地揭示了“A”字的象征意义，并以此深刻地展露出人物的性格特点，揭露了传统道德观念与道德社会制度对人性的迫害和压抑，同时也深度地剖析了霍桑本人的宗教

观、人性观以及女性主义意识。

关键词：纳桑尼尔·霍桑；《红字》；红字“A”；人物分析

Abstract

Nathaniel Hawthorne who is the romantic novelist and the psychological novelist plays an important role in American literature. The novel The Scarlet Letter published in 1850 is the masterpiece of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The novel is a love tragedy happened in Boston between the years of 1642-1649 in the setting of New England in the 17th century under the rule of Northern American Puritanism. The scarlet letter “A” on the Hester’s chest as the main clue runs through the whole work. The work illustrates profoundly the symbolic significance of the letter “A” from multiple perspectives, deeply shows the features of characters and then reveals the persecution and repression of traditional moral values and social system to human nature. Meanwhile, it deeply analyses Hawthorne's views on religion, human nature and feminist consciousness.

Key words: Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Scarlet Letter; The scarlet letter “A”; Analysis of characters