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商务英语论文开题报告商务英语论文开题报告2018商务英语论文开题报告题目symbolisminthescarletletter选题依据及研究意义thescarletletterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenbynathanielhawthorne.itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.setin17th-centurypuritanboston,massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649,ittellsthestoryofhesterprynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.throughoutthebook,hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism,sin,andguilt.hawthorneisafamousromanticnovelistofthe19thcentury,hewasadeptatusingromanticimagination,symbolism,aplentyofmoralsubjectivecolorandpsychologicalanalysistoexploretheinnerworldofthecharactersandpresentthetheme.inhismasterpiecethescarletletter,hawthornemakesfulladvantagesofthoselanguageskills.mostimportantly,symbolismisthroughoutthewholenovelandhasvarietiesmeaning.so,hawthorneisregardedasapioneerofthemodernsymbolismliterary.thisthesisbrieflyfocusesonanalyzingthosesymbolismsinthescarletletter.symbolismisakindofspeechwhichdependsontheinnerlinkoftwothings,usessomespecificimagestopresentabstractconcepts,thoughtsandemotions.symbolismplaysaveryimportantroleinliterarywriting.itbringsaloftysignificancetothearticleandmakesthearticlehaveasubtleandprofoundtheme.thisthesisconcentratesontheapplicationofsymbolisminthescarletletter,whichisregardedasthemajorwritingcharacteristicinthenovel.wecanfindsymbolisminthechangemeaningof“a”,inthesymbolofthenameofthecharacters,inthemeaningofthescenes.itisnodoubtthatonlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail,canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.选题的研究现状thescarletletteristhefirstnovelofhawthorne,afterthebookadventin1850,hawthornebecamefameandrecognizedasthemostimportantwriteratthattime.further,hawthornecalledhis“romance”as“psychologicalromance”,thisisenoughshowsthathawthornehadpaidmuchattentiontopsychologicaldescription,thereasonwhyheattachmuchimportancetopsychologicaldescriptionisthat:

ononehand,hewasaffectedbythetimesandreligious,confusedwiththespiritandthesoul,hethoughtsincethesoulhavegoodandevil,loveandhate,andhavesins,theyareshouldberevealedsoastopunishingevilandpromotingvirtue,awardingloveandsuppressinghate.butontheotherhand,peoplespsychologicaldependonpeoplesbehavior,ifwenotanalyzethecharacterspsychologicalwecannotunderstandtheinnerofthecharacter,wewillinevitablyseemedsuperficial.forreaderswhoareaccustomedtoreadingourtraditionaltechniquestodrawcharacters,theymayfeelthestoryrhythmistooslow,butheistheoriginatoroftheamericanpsychologicalnovels.aftersomanyyears,thebookalwaysunderworship,thecriticsneverstoppedconcerningaboutthisnovel.thescarletletterisnowrecognizedasanimmortalmasterpieces,hawthornealsoreceivedahighrating.thescarletletterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenbynathanielhawthorne.itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.setin17th-centurypuritanboston,massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649,ittellsthestoryofhesterprynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.throughoutthebook,hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism,sin,andguilt.indomestic,manyscholarshavedeeplyresearchedthescarletletter,someanalyzeditsthemefromtheperspectiveofthesocietybackgroundandstorystructure,somefocustheirresearchonhowwomenpursuingmarriageandamourunderthatsocietysetting,somescholarspayattentiontothesymbolismusedinthenovel,but,amajorityofscholarsputmainenergyonanalyzingthepsychology,character,imageoftheheroandheroininthescarletletter,byanalyzingthehumanityofthethreemaincharacters,wecanunderstandtheabominableinfluenceonhumanityresultedfrompuritanism.inourcountry,therearemanyworksaboutresearchingthescarletletter.forexample,hawthornesfeministthoughtreflectedonhesterprynnewrittenbychengshuhua.paltielguliisaacsworkfromchinesefeministliterarycriticismperspectiveviewhesterprynnesimageinthescarletletter.foreignscholarshavealongerhistoryinresearchinghawthorne,intheearly1836,parkerbenjaminpublishedthefirstarticlemadecommenceonhawthornesworksonthenewenglandjournal.in1932,randallstuarteditedandpublishedhawthornesamericandiary,thispushedtheresearchofhawthornetoahigherclimax.atthattime,theresearchbegantoinvolvehawthornesbeautytheoryandpoliticalpoint.in1976,americanestablished“researchinstituteofhawthorne”especially,payattentiontohawthornesromanceprinciple.somehavesuggestedthatthescarletletterisfartoodescriptive,tothepointthatthewordsloosemeaning,andthereaderisdesensitizedtothemessagethattheauthoristryingtoconvey.thisalsocausesthebooktolosepace,andturnoffreaderstoreadinghawthornesworkentirely.whichissomewhatapity,consideringhawthornewasquitetheauthorinwritingshortstories,andpoems.perhapshefeltheneedtowriteabookonthesubjectbecauseitwaspersonal,however,manyfeelitisashortstorywiththelengthandpaceofagreattome.hawthornesworksreallyaregood,butsomedidfindthatthisbookdidusetoomanywordswhenjust1or2wouldhavebeensufficient.methinksthatsmorearesultofromanticstylethanitishisindividualwordchoice.theexcessofwordscanbefoundinotherbooksofthatera,likefrankenstein（particularlypercysedit）-maskedsheik,6januaryXX（utc）.contrarytowhatsomebelieve,thisisagoodbook,ithinkitisfineinthemethodsofdescriptions,thoughiwillagreethatattimesyoudogetboredwithit.thenagain,everybookhasitslessinterestingparts.ifyouliketofigureoutsymbolismoryouliketoseehowpeoplereactincertainsituations,psychology,itisinteresting.oryoumightreaditduetothesimplefactthatitisrequiredforschool.irrelevantofwhetheryouguysthinkthatthisbookisgoodornot,thecriticismsectionneedsreferences.perhapsincludingarticlesofliterarycritics,orsomeotherdocumentedcriticismofthenovel,justsaying“thisisagoodbook”doesntnegatetheneedforsuchasection,andsaying“somehavesuggested”isborderingonweaselwords.letsuseactualcitations,notourownopinions.althoughipersonallyagreethatthisbooksucks,iagreewiththecommentabove.ifthearticlecontainsanyopinions（whichisdebatablewhetheritshould）,theymustbebalanced,andbefromcrediblesources.（wikipedia:

describingpointsofview）.mostreviewersgavehawthornesnovelhighpraiseatthetimeofitspublication.everta.duyckinck,oneofthemostinfluentialcriticsofhisday,calledthetalea“psychologicalromance”,astudyofcharacterinwhichthehumanheartisanatomized,carefully,elaborately,andwithstrikingpoeticanddramaticpower.healsopraisedhawthornesdeparturefromtheoverlyornatewritingstylepopularatthetime,whichdisplayed“artificeandeffortattheexpenseofnatureandease.”duyckincksreviewwassupportedbymostwesternscholars.（wikipedia:

neutralpointofview）拟研究的主要容和思路thescarletletterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelinamericanliterature.wecanfindsymbolismthroughoutthewholenovelandhavevarietiesmeaning,suchasthesymbolof“a”,thesymbolofthecharactersname,thesymbolofdifferentscenes,onlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail,canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.thisthesismainlyinvolvesfollowingtopics:

1.introductiononhawthorneandthescarletletter.introductiononhawthorne.introductiononthescarletletter.introductiononthethemeofthescarletletter.2.introductiononsymbolism.definitionofsymbolism.characteristicsofsymbolism.polysemyuncertainty3.theusageofsymbolisminthescarletletter.thesymbolof“a”.“a”standsfor“adultery”“a”standsfor“alienation”“a”standsfor“able”“a”standsfor“angel”thesymbolofthecharacters.hesterprynnearthurdimmsdalerogerchillingworthpearlthesymbolofthescenes.thescaffoldthejailandthetombthevalley4.conclusion研究的创新点及重、难点thisthesislaystheemphasisonanalyzingsymbolismusedinthescarletletter.asweallknown,thescarletletterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelintheamericanliterature,therearevarietiesofsymbolisminthestory,suchasthesymbolof“a”,thesymbolofthecharactersname,thesymbolofdifferentscenes.amongthem,itisdifficulttounderstandthesymbolof“a”,because“a”variesconstantlywiththedevelopmentoftheplot,andtheyareoftenemergedinthecriticalperiodoftheplotsdevelopment.besides,thisthesisisontheuniquepositiontorevealthesymbolismofthescenes,whichisveryinnovative.throughoutthewholenovel,therearedifferentscenes,carryingdifferentmeanings,thoughtheyhaveprofoundsymbolism,theyrarelybediscussed.thisthesistryingtomakeupfortheshortageinthisaspect.研究进程安排december20-january16:

posingquestionsoftheresearchandcollectingmaterialsjanuary17-february28:

analyzingthematerialsandwritinganoutlinemarch7-march27:

completingthefirstdraftandseekingthesupervisorsadvicemarch28-april10:

refiningthepaperaccordingtosupervisorssuggestionsapril11-may8:

finalizingthethesisbasedonthesetrequirements主要参考文献1brown,gillian.“hawthorne,inheritance,andwomensproperty”,studiesinthenovel（spring1991）:

107-182brodhead,richardh.hawthorne,melville,andthenovel.chicagoandlondon:

theuniversityofchicagopress,19733changyaoxin.ed.asurveyofamericanliteraturem.nankaiuniversity4georgemcmichael,