《红字》的象征意义

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1、【标题】《红字》的象征意义【作者】付可林【关键词】红字，象征【指导老师】刘敏【专业】英语教育【正文】NathanielHawthorneisconsideredtobethefirstgreatAmericanfictionwriterinthemoralistictradition.Hewasanovelistandshortstorywriteraswel1asacentralfigureintheAmericanRenaissance.AnimportantfeatureofRomanticismdi

2、splayedinHawthorne"sworksistheuseofsymbols.Symbolismisaliterarydevicewithwhichtheauthordeliberatelymakesconcreteobjectsevolveintosomeabstractions,usuallymoralisticorphilosophical.Hawthorne，suniquegiftisforthecreationofstronglysymbolicstories,whichtouchthed

3、eepestrootsofman^smoralnature.ThefinestexampleistherecreationofPuritanBoston,TheScarletLetter,whichisnotedforitsallegoryandsymbolismandisregardedasthefirstsymbolicnovelinAmericanliterature・Hawthorneusessymbolismsoski1lfullythatitgreatlyenhancestheartistice

4、ffectsofhiswork.Thispaperexploresthesymbolisminthisnovelfromthefollowingaspects:thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletter,andthesymbolicmeaningofthenamesofthemajorcharacters.1・IntroductionNathanielHawthornewasbornatSalem,Mass.,onJuly4th,1804,sonofaseaca

5、ptain.Hisfatherdiedwhenhewasfouryearsold.He1edthereashyandratheroverprotectedlife.HegrewupinseclusionwithhiswidowedmotherElizabeth-andfortherestofherlifetheyreliedoneachotherforemotionalsolace,yetnotwhollyuncongenialtohisartisticdevelopment.Hawthorneturned

6、towritingafterhisgraduationfromBowdoinCollege.Betweentheyears1825and1836Hawthorneworkedasawriterandcontributortoperiodicals.Healsowroteseveralsuccessfulshortstories,whichwerecollectedinTwice-ToldTales・InsufficientearningsasawriterforcedHawthornetotakeajobi

7、ntheSalemCustomHouse.By1842,hewasabletoearnenoughtomarrySophiaPeabodyandmovetoConcord,whichwasthenthecenterofthetranscendentalmovement.HawthornereturnedtoSalemin1845andin1850,hismostfamousnovel,TheScarletLetterwaspublished・HisnextnovolwasTheHouseoftheSevcn

8、Gables(1851)HealsowrotetwoclassicworksforchildrenAWonderBook(1852)andTanglewoodTaies(1853)HewroteanothernovelTheMarbleFaunin1860andanaccountofajourneytoEnglandOurOldHomein1863.NathanielHawthornediedatPlymouth