摘要

本文从英美文学中反复出现的非道德主题寻得灵感，选取英美文学两部经典文学作品，《法国中尉的女人》和《红字》作为研究材料,从人物形象、写作手法、主题思想、主要批判手法等多角度对这两部作品进行对比研究，并结合圣经和希腊神话等西方文化经典，了解罪恶与道德的概念与发展历程，进而从文化源头了解西方文明道德观与世界观在这两部文学作品中的折射，分析非道德主题反复出现的深层原因，阐述罪恶在人类尤其是女性心理智力发展中所起的作用。

关键词：原型批评；原罪；道德；对比研究

Abstract

The paper is inspired by the recurrent immoral subjects in literary works. Two British and American literary classics of The Scarlet letter and The French Lieutenant’s woman are used as the research material. First of all, a comparative study of the literary works is achieved through the study from various aspects such as image, writing technique, theme, literary criticism and so on. Then, the Bible and the Greek mythology, the essence of western civilization, are read to learn about concept and development of sin and morality, as well as the world view of western people reflected in the two literary works . Finally , the reason why the immoral themes recur and how sin works in the intellectual and psychological development of people, especially women are both analyzed.

Key words: Archetypal criticism；Original Sin；Morality；Comparative study.