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姓名:
张春燕
系别:
英语系
专业:
英语(师范)
年级:
09级本科
AnAnalysisofSymbolismin
TheScarletLetter
Abstract
NathanielHawthorneisagreatromanticnovelistinAmericainthe19thcentury.Asagreatromanticnovelist,Hawthorneisoutstandinginhandlingapplicationofsymbolim.ThevarioususageofsymbolisminTheScarletLettermakesthenovelasaworkoftheworld.TheScarletLetterisanovelofplentyofsymbolsthroughoutthewholepassage.Hawthorneusessymbolismsoskillfullythatitgreatlyenhancestheartisticeffectsofhiswork.Themostimportantsymbolisthescarletletteritself.Notonlydoes“A”manifestinvariousforms,butalsoithaschangingmeaningsfrom“adultery”to“able”,even“angelic”inthenovel.Besides,thefourmajorcharacters:
HesterPrynne,ArthurDimmesdale,RogerChillingworthandPearlhavetheirsymbolicmeanings,Moreover,someotherobjectsthataredescribedinthenovelalsohavetheirsymbolicmeanings,suchasthejail,theforest,therosebushandsoonareallendowedwithadeepsymbolicsignificance.Inaword,TheScarletLetterisanovelofmuchsymbolism.TheauthorofthethesiswillexploretheusageofsymbolisminTheScarletLetterfromthethreeaspectsmentionedaboveandanalyzeHawthorne’sskillfuluseofsymbolisminTheScarletLetter.
摘要
纳撒尼尔·
霍桑是十九世纪美国伟大的浪漫主义小说家。
作为一位伟大的浪漫主义小说家,霍桑对象征主义手法的运用可以说是独具匠心。
在《红字》这部小说中他广泛地运用象征主义,从而使这部小说成为了世界名著。
作者在作品中采用的象征手法贯穿始终,极大地加强了作品的艺术效果。
其中,最重要的要数红字“A”本身的象征意义。
它不仅以各种各样的形式出现,并且其象征意义不断变化,从“通奸”到“有能力的”甚至“天使般的”。
另外,还有四个主要人物:
海斯特、丁梅斯代尔、齐灵渥斯以及珍珠都有他们各自的象征意义。
而且,在文中描写的一些景物景色也有其深刻的象征意义.例如监狱、森林、玫瑰花园等等也都寓意深刻。
总之,《红字》是一部充满象征主义的小说。
本文正是从以上这几个方面着手,探究作者在小说《红字》中对象征主义手法的巧妙运用。
KeyWords:
thescarletletter;
symbolism;
HesterPrynne;
Pearl
Contents
1Introduction……………………..……………………………………………….1
2TheSymbolicMeaningsoftheScarletLetter“A”…………………………….2
2.1"
Afor"
adultery"
……….…………………………………………………….2
2.2"
A"
for"
Alienation"
……………………..………………………………….3
2.3"
Able,AdmirableandAngel"
…………………………………........4
3TheSymbolicMeaningoftheFourMainCharacters………………………...5
3.1HesterPrnney……………………..…………………………………………...5
3.2ArthurDimmesdale………………………………..…………………………...6
3.3RogerChillingworth……………………..……………………………….........7
3.4Pear……………………..……………………....................................................9
4ThesymbolismMeaningoftheobjectsinthenovel………………………….....10
4.1Theforestandtheriver……………………………………………………......10
4.2Theprison…………………………………………............................................11
4.3Scaffold………………………………………………………………………....12
5Conclusion………………………………………...…….…………………………12
1Introduction
NathanielHawthornewasoneoftheleadingAmericanwritersofhiscentury.HewastherepresentativeoftranscendentaliststogetherwithRalphWaldoEmerson,HenryThoreau,andsoon.Hawthorne’smasterpieceTheScarletLetterwaspublishedin1850.WiththeappearanceofTheScarletLetter,hebecamefamousasthegreatestwriteroffiction.Overtheyears,hisreputationhasincreased,andmanybiographicalandcriticalstudieshavebeendoneabouthimandhisworks.HisinfluenceupontheChinesereaderisalsobecominggreaterandgreater.
InTheScarletLetterallelementsofhisthinkingandaestheticsseemtofindanadequateexpression.Thenovel,withthebackgroundofNewEnglandlifeinColonialperiod,describesayounggirlcalledHesterPrynne,sheisboundupwiththeillegalmarriage,andpubliclyexposedforadultery,however,shereconstructsherselfinspiritowingtoatoningforhercrimeforalongtime.Thestoryissimplebutverymoving.
InTheScarletLetter,Hawthorneremarkablyhandlesthepuritanbackground,andcarefullyunfoldsthedeepshadowsfromwhichthegrimtragedynaturallyproceeds.Thedominatingthemeofthenovel,likethatinmanyofHawthorne’sothernovelsisaboutsinanditsconsequences,aroundwhichthemoodscreatedarethoseofrepentance,sorrow,anddespair.Moreover,allthosemoodsarewovensoconsistently,naturallyandharmoniouslyintothestorythatitscharacters,action,andsettingblendintoadelicatebutenduringworkofart.Init,HawthornealsogivesascrutinizedanalysisofthemoralproblemofhisownagethrougharemarkablyvividpictureoftheNewEnglandpast.Hisexcellentsenseofthepastandhistoricalreconstructionsaboutsuchthingsaswitchcraft,thepuritaninfluence,thetheocraticsocietyandhisadherencetodetailsarefullyexpressedinit.Inaddition,thisnovelissuffusedwithallegoryandsymbolism,metaphorsandsimilesabound,mostofwhicharestirringly
freshandeffective:
andthemasterlyuseofthethreedominatingcolorsofblack,red,andgray.Allcontributetothevividexpressiononsymbolism:
symbolic“A”,symbolicfourcharacters’namesmeaningsandsymbolictheObjectsintheNove