美国文学-Hawthorne.ppt
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NathanielHawthorneTheScarletLetterNathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)nNovelistnShortStoryWriternCentralFigureofAmericanRenaissanceNathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)nLifeStorynLiteraryCharacteristicsnTheScarletLetterLifeStorynChildhoodnEducationnCareerChildhoodnBirth:
Salem,Massachusetts;July4,1804nProminentancestors:
colonialmagistrate(Quakers)judge(SalemWitchcraftTrialin1692)nfather:
seacaptaindyingin1808nLeadingasecludedlifeQuakersnOneofareligioussectfoundedbyGeorgeFoxwhoseteachingwasprimarilyapreachingofrepentancenThetremblingamongthelisteningcrowdcausedorconfirmedthenameofQuakersgiventothebodynMenandwomensometimesfelldownandlaystrugglingasifforlifeEncyclopediaBritannicaTheSalemWitchcraftTrialsnTime:
May-Octoberof1692nOneofthedarkesttimesinAmericanhistoryofreligioustolerancenAmongthelastoutbreaksofthepersecutionofaccusedwitchesnReasons:
anongoingfrontierwar,economicconditions,congregationalstrife,teenageboredom,andpersonaljealousiesTrialofanaccusedwitchinSalemExaminationofSarahGoodbyJudgesHathorneandCorwinnWhatevilspirithaveyoufamiliaritywith?
nNone.nHaveyoumadenocontractwiththedevil?
nNo.nWhydoyouhurtthesechildren?
nIdonothurtthem.Iscornit.nWhodoyouimploythentodoit?
nIimploynobody.nWhatcreaturedoyouimploythen?
nNocreature.Iamfalselyaccused.EducationnBowdoinCollege(1821-1825)nFriends:
H.W.Longfellow&FranklinPiercenGraduating18thof38studentsCareern1825-1827:
Salem(readingandwriting)n1839-1840:
BostonCustomsHousen1842:
gettingmarriedandlivingattheOldMansen1846-1849:
SalemCustomsHousenBuying“Wayside”n1853-1857:
UnitedStatesConsulatLiverpooln1857-59:
RomeandFlorencen1860:
returningtoAmerican1864:
deathSophiaPeabodyn“Iamalwayssodazzledandbewilderedwiththerichness,thedepth,thejewelsofbeautyinhisproductionsthatIamalwayslookingforwardtoasecondreadingwhereIcanponderandmuseandfullytakeinthemiraculouswealthofthoughts”LiteraryCharacteristicsnMajorWorksnBlackVisionnAestheticsnStyleLiteraryCareern1828:
Fanshawen1832:
MyKinsman,MajorMolineux“n1837:
Twice-ToldTalesn1846:
MossesfromanOldMansen1850:
TheScarletLettern1851:
TheHouseoftheSevenGablesn1852:
TheBlithedaleRomancen1852:
TheLifeofFranklinPiercen1860:
TheMarbleFaunn1863:
OurOldHomeBlackVisionnEvilexistsinthehumanheartnEveryonepossessessomeevilsecretnEveryoneseemstocoveruphisinnerostevilnEvilseemstobemansbirthmarknSinwilleventuallygetpunishednEvileducatesnOverweeningintellectsourceofevilTheHouseofSevenGablesn“Manywriterslayverygreatstressuponsomedefinitemoralpurpose,atwhichtheyprofesstoaimtheirworks.Nottobedeficientinthisparticular,theauthorhasprovidedhimselfwithamoral,-thetruth,namely,thatthewrong-doingofonegenerationlivesintothesuccessiveones”AestheticsnTheMarbleFaun;TheScarletLetter;TheHouseofSevenGablesPovertyofMaterialsInterestinhistoryandantiquityRomanceSourcesn“thereisnoshadow,noantiquity,nomystery,nopicturesqueandgloomywrong,noranythingbutacommonplaceprosperity,inbroadandsimpledaylight”n“thegenialatmospherewhichaliterarymanrequiresinordertoripenthebestharvestofhismind”Interestinhistoryandantiquityn“torecallwhatwasvaluableinthepast”n“connectabygonetimewiththeveryPresent”n“anewterritory,somewherebetweentherealworldandfairy-landwheretheActualandtheImaginarymaymeet,andeachimbueitselfwiththenatureoftheother”RomancenPredestinedformofAmericannarrativen“Povertyofmaterials”nPuritanprudenceTreatingphysicalpassionsobliquelyAvoidingviolatingthehumanheartnTellingthetruthandsatirizingandyetnotoffendingStylenRomancefictionnLongvisualdescriptionsnFormaldialogues(humanemotion)nCharactersinnerstrugglenSymbolismandallegorynFlowingandalmostfemininenAmbiguityTheScarletLetternSummarynMajorThemesnFeaturesSummarynHesterisbeingledtothescaffold,wheresheistobepubliclyshamedforhavingcommittedadultery.HesterisforcedtoweartheletterAonhergownatalltimes.ShehasstitchedalargescarletAontoherdresswithgoldthread,givingtheletteranairofelegance.HestercarriesPearl,herdaughter,withher.OnthescaffoldsheisaskedtorevealthenameofPearlsfather,butsherefuses.InthecrowdHesterrecognizesherhusbandfromAmsterdam,RogerChillingworth.nChillingworthvisitsHesteraftersheisreturnedtotheprison.Hetellsherthathewillfindoutwhothemanwas,andhewillreadthetruthonthemansheart.Chillingworththenforceshertopromisenevertorevealhistrueidentityashercuckoldedhusband.nHestermovesintoacottageborderingthewoods.SheandPearllivethereinrelativesolitude.Hesterearnshermoneybydoingstitchworkforlocaldignitaries,butsheoftenspendshertimehelpingthepoorandsick.Pearl
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