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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,people’spsychologicaldependonpeople’sbehavior,ifwenotanalyzethecharacter’spsychologicalwecannotunderstandtheinnerofthecharacter,wewillinevitablyseemedsuperficial.forreaderswhoareaccustomedtoreadingourtraditionaltechniquestodrawcharacters,theymayfeelthestoryrhythmistooslow,butheistheoriginatoroftheamericanpsychologicalnovels.aftersomanyyears,thebookalwaysunderworship,thecriticsneverstoppedconcerningaboutthisnovel.thescarletletterisnowrecognizedasanimmortalmasterpieces,hawthornealsoreceivedahighrating.
thescarletletterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenbynathanielhawthorne.itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.setin17th-centurypuritanboston,massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649,ittellsthestoryofhesterprynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.throughoutthebook,hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism,sin,andguilt.
indomestic,manyscholarshavedeeplyresearchedthescarletletter,someanalyzedit’sthemefromtheperspectiveofthesocietybackgroundandstorystructure,somefocustheirresearchonhowwomenpursuingmarriageandamourunderthatsocietysetting,somescholarspayattentiontothesymbolismusedinthenovel,but,amajorityofscholarsputmainenergyonanalyzingthepsychology,character,imageoftheheroandheroininthescarletletter,byanalyzingthehumanityofthethreemaincharacters,wecanunderstandtheabominableinfluenceonhumanityresultedfrompuritanism.
inourcountry,therearemanyworksaboutresearchingthescarletletter.forexample,hawthorne’sfeministthoughtreflectedonhesterprynnewrittenbychengshuhua.paltielguliisaac’sworkfromchinesefeministliterarycriticismperspectiveviewhesterprynne’simageinthescarletletter.
foreignscholarshavealongerhistoryinresearchinghawthorne,intheearly1836,parkerbenjaminpublishedthefirstarticlemadecommenceonhawthorne’sworksonthenewenglandjournal.in1932,randallstuarteditedandpublishedhawthorne’samericandiary,thispushedtheresearchofhawthornetoahigherclimax.atthattime,theresearchbegantoinvolvehawthorne’sbeautytheoryandpoliticalpoint.in1976,americanestablished“researchinstituteofhawthorne”especially,payattentiontohawthorne’sromanceprinciple.
somehavesuggestedthatthescarletletterisfartoodescriptive,tothepointthatthewordsloosemeaning,andthereaderisdesensitizedtothemessagethattheauthoristryingtoconvey.thisalsocausesthebooktolosepace,andturnoffreaderstoreadinghawthorne’sworkentirely.whichissomewhatapity,consideringhawthornewasquitetheauthorinwritingshortstories,andpoems.perhapshefeltheneedtowriteabookonthesubjectbecauseitwaspersonal,however,manyfeelitisashortstorywiththelengthandpaceofagreattome.
hawthorne’sworksreallyaregood,butsomedidfindthatthisbookdidusetoomanywordswhenjust1or2wouldhavebeensufficient.methinksthat’smorearesultofromanticstylethanitishisindividualwordchoice.theexcessofwordscanbefoundinotherbooksofthatera,likefrankenstein(particularlypercy’sedit)--maskedsheik,6januaryXX(utc).
contrarytowhatsomebelieve,thisisagoodbook,ithinkitisfineinthemethodsofdescriptions,thoughiwillagreethatattimesyoudogetboredwithit.thenagain,everybookhasit’slessinterestingparts.ifyouliketofigureoutsymbolismoryouliketoseehowpeoplereactincertainsituations,psychology,itisinteresting.oryoumightreaditduetothesimplefactthatitisrequiredforschool.irrelevantofwhetheryouguysthinkthatthisbookisgoodornot,thecriticismsectionneedsreferences.perhapsincludingarticlesofliterarycritics,orsomeotherdocumentedcriticismofthenovel,justsaying“thisisagoodbook”doesn’tnegatetheneedforsuchasection,andsaying“somehavesuggested”isborderingonweaselwords.let’suseactualcitations,notourownopinions.althoughipersonallyagreethatthisbooksucks,iagreewiththecommentabove.ifthearticlecontainsanyopinions(whichisdebatablewhetheritshould),theymustbebalanced,andbefromcrediblesources.(wikipedia:
describingpointsofview).
mostreviewersgavehawthorne’snovelhighpraiseatthetimeofitspublication.everta.duyckinck,oneofthemostinfluentialcriticsofhisday,calledthetalea“psychologicalromance”,astudyofcharacterinwhichthehumanheartisanatomized,carefully,elaborately,andwithstrikingpoeticanddramaticpower.healsopraisedhawthorne’sdeparturefromtheoverlyornatewritingstylepopularatthetime,whichdisplayed“artificeandeffortattheexpenseofnatureandease.”duyckinck’sreviewwassupportedbymostwesternscholars.(wikipedia:
neutralpointofview)
拟研究的主要内容和思路
thescarletletterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelinamericanliterature.wecanfindsymbolismthroughoutthewholenovelandhavevarietiesmeaning,suchasthesymbolof“a”,thesymbolofthecharacter’sname,thesymbolofdifferentscenes,onlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail,canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.thisthesismainlyinvolvesfollowingtopics:
1.introductiononhawthorneandthescarletletter.
introductiononhawthorne.
introductiononthescarletletter.
introductiononthethemeofthescarletletter.
2.introductiononsymbolism.
definitionofsymbolism.
characteristicsofsymbolism.
polysemy
uncertainty
3.theusageofsymbolisminthescarletletter.
thesymbolof“a”.
“a”standsfor“adultery”
“a”standsfor“alienation”
“a”standsfor“able”
“a”standsfor“angel”
thesymbolofthecharacters.
hesterprynne
arthurdimmsdale
rogerchillingworth
pearl
thesymbolofthescenes.
thescaffold
thejailandthetomb
thevalley
4.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,andtheyareoftenemergedinthecriticalperiodoftheplot’sdevelopment.
besides,thisthesisisontheuniquepositiontorevealthesymbolismofthescenes,whichisveryinnovative.throughoutthewholenovel,therearedifferentscenes,carryingdifferentmeanings,thoughtheyhaveprofoundsymbolism,theyrarelybediscussed.thisthesistryingtomakeupfortheshortageinthisaspect.
研究进程安排
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posingquestionsoftheresearchandcollectingmaterials
january17-february28:
analyzingthematerialsandwritinganoutline
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completingthefirstdraftandseekingthesupervisor’sadvice
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