浅析红字中的象征主义手法.docx
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浅析红字中的象征主义手法
AnAnalysisofSymbolisminTheScarletLetter
By
TangGuaiguai
UndertheSupervisorof
ZhuLiping
SubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirements
FortheDegreeofBachelorofArts
EnglishDepartmentSchoolofForeignLanguages
LanzhouJiaotongUniversity
June2015
摘要
纳桑尼尔.霍桑是美国19世纪浪漫主义小说家.处在美国文艺复兴时期的霍桑,崇尚民主与自由,而同时又不能完全摆脱心灵深处清教思想的束缚。
因而他既是一个清教势力的批判者,又是清教思想的继承者。
《红字》是霍桑长篇小说的代表作。
其突出的艺术特色是其丰富的象征主义,因此被称为第一部象征主义小说.小说中各种事物的象征寓意都呈现出多义性、系统性、和隐晦性。
本文拟从小说红字“A”,这一贯穿全文的意象,主要人物的名字以及场景描写等这三方面来探讨其多重的象征主义。
通过分析作品中的各种象征主义来揭示作者的创作意图,从而更好地理解小说的主旨。
第一章主要介绍了霍桑和《红字》及相关研究,并简单解释了象征主义及其作用。
主体部分分为三部分,第一部分分析红色字母A随着故事情节发展而具有的不同的象征意义即通奸—痛苦—能干—天使。
第二部分详细阐述了四个主要人物名字的象征意义,美丽直率的海斯特,孤僻忧郁的丁梅斯代尔,冷漠无情的奇灵渥斯,以及女孩珠儿。
第三部分主要对作品中描述的意象的象征意义具体分析。
结语部分总结全文。
关键词:
霍桑;《红字》;象征主义
Abstract
NathanielHawthorneisafamousAmericanromanticnovelistinnineteenthcentury.AsinAmericanRenaissance,Hawthorneadvocatesdemocracyandfreedom,butatthesametime,heisboundedandcannotcompletelygetridofthedeepinfluenceofPuritanism.Therefore,heisacriticofPuritanism,andisthesuccessorofPuritanism.TheScarletLetteristhemasterpieceofHawthorne’slongnovel.TheprominentartisticfeatureofTheScarletLetterisitsrichsymbolism;thereforeitiscalledthefirstsymbolismnovel.Thesymbolismmeaningsofallkindsofobjectsinthenovelshowthepolysemy,motility,andevencontradictory.
Thispaperwillexplorethemultiplesymbolicmeaningfromthescarletletter“A”,thenamesofthemaincharactersandobjectsthatdescribedinthenovel.Throughtheanalysisofvarioussymbolisms,wecanrevealthecomposingintentionofauthor,andbetterunderstandingofthenovel'stheme.Thispaperconsistsofthethreepartsincludingintroduction,mainbodyandconclusion.
TheintroductionpartmainlyintroducesHawthorneandTheScarletLetterandtherelatedresearches.Themainbodyincludesthreeparts.Thefirstpartchieflyanalysesthedifferentsymbolicmeaningofthescarletletter“A”thatchangeswiththedevelopmentofthestory.Thesecondpartexpoundsthesymbolicmeaningofthefourmaincharacters’names.BeautifulandcandidHester,unsocialandgloomyDimmesdale,coldanddetachedChilingworthandsunnygirlPearl.Thethirdpartmainlydescribesthesymbolicmeaningoftheimagesthatwritteninthenovel,suchasprison,scaffold,androse-bushandforest.Thefinalpartisconclusion.
Keywords:
Hawthorne,TheScarletLetter,symbolism
Contents
ChapterOneIntroduction
1.1IntroductiontoNathanielHawthorneandTheScarletLetter
NathanielHawthorneisafamousAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter.HeisthemostimportantAmericanromanticrepresentativeinthelatenineteenthcentury,andalsooneofthegreatestnovelistsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Hawthorn'sworksbelongtoromanticismor,morespecifically,darkromanticism.ManyofhisworksareinspiredbyPuritanNewEngland,combininghistoricalromanceloadedwithsymbolismanddeeppsychologicalthemes,borderingonsurrealism.Histhemesoftencenterontheinherentevilandsinofhumanity,andhisworksoftenhavemoralmessagesanddeeppsychologicalcomplexity.Hispublishedworksincludenovels,shortstories,andbiography.HislaterwritingsalsoreflecthisnegativeviewoftheTranscendentalismmovement.
TheScarletLetteristherepresentativeworkofNathanielHawthorne’slongnovel,whichfocusesontheperformanceoftheauthor’sthoughtandartisticfeatures.Whenthisbookwaspublished,itachievedasuccess.HawthorneusedsymbolismwidelyinTheScarletLetterandmadefourmajorfigurestogetherskillfullywiththeonlyword“A”.Theuseofsymbolisminthestoryisfullofmysterythatenrichestheideologicalcontentoftheworks,andalsoincreasesthenovel’sartisticcharm.Itleavesimaginativespaceandinfiniteaftertastetoreaders.TheScarletLetter’sbiggestsuccessistheskillfuluseofsymbolismandtheexcellentcontrolability.Hawthorne’srichanduniquesymbolismopenedasymbolicnovelasanindependentliteraryvarietyprecedent.Hawthornebecameoneoffoundersofmodernliteratureofsymbolism,alsomakesthescarletletterbecamethefirstAmerican’scross-borderbook,andwontheworldreputationinliteraryworks.
1.2LiteratureReview
NathanielHawthorneisoneofthemostinfluentialAmericanromanticnovelistsinthenineteenthcentury.BecauseofHawthorne’smoralambiguity,hisrichvisualimagination,hisdeepexplorationofthedreamscapesofindividuals,communities,andthenation,andespeciallyhis“powerofblackness”asMelvillecalledit,hisworkskeepintriguinggreatinterestsandhugepassionofthecriticsofdifferenttimesanddifferentperspectives.
TheScarletLetterisconsideredasoneofthegreatestworksinAmericanliterature.Thereasonswhyitissofamousarethatitsambiguousconnotations,delicaterepresentations,mysticalimaginations,thrillingmoralimplicationsaswellasitsambiguousattitudetowardswomen.Criticsstudyitfromdifferentanglesandlevels,butallthecriticsgavethehighestevaluationtoTheScarletLetter.Inrecentyears,therearemanydomesticandforeignacademicatticswhicharewritingthescarletletter,forexample,Bianjunhasstudiedthepsychologicaldescriptioninthescarletletter;YangXiaomeihasanalyzedHawthorne’sambivalentattitudetowardswomeninthescarletletter;JinXiaoweihasstudiedHawthorne’sChristianthoughts,andsoon.
However,anotherattractionisHawthorne’sskillfuluseofsymbolisminTheScarletLetter.Symbolismisoneofthemostimportantwritingskills,whichendowstheconcreteimageswithabstractmeaningtoenlightenthereader’simaginationandtoexpressadeepermeaning.Ifwewanttoexplorethedeepersignificancethroughthesurface,itisnotasimplething.Itmustinvolveinmanydisciplinesandtheoreticalproblems,sothispaperwillstudythesymbolismofTheScarletLetter.
1.3SignificanceoftheStudy
TheScarletLetterisNathanielHawthorne’srepresentativework.HawthorneusedskillfulsymbolisminTheScarletLetter,whichmadeTheScarletLetterbecamethefirstsymbolicnovelintheworld.Hawthorneexpressessuperspace,andsupermaterialfor"anotherworld"throughthesymbolismthatconsciousnesscannotachieve,andputtheinfinitemeaninginthefinitethings.
Thispapermainlyanalyzesthesignificancesymbolicmeaningofthescarletletter“A”,themaincharacters’namesandtheobjectsdescribedinthenovel.ThroughthestudyofthesymbolismofTheScarletletter,itcannotonlymakethesymbolismsignificanceofcharactersclearertothereaders,butalsoshedlightonthesymbolicsignificanceofobjects.Atthesametime,thehistoryoftheAmericaatthattimewillbeclearlyshowntoreaders.Andthen,itbroadensreaders’horizons.BytheresearchofthesymbolismoftheScarletletter,itwillprovideanewviewtoreadersaboutsymbolism.IthelpspeopletofurtherunderstandHawthorne’sopinionandhisotherworks.Italsohelpspeoplelearntouseskillfulsymbolismintheirownwritings.Meanwhile,readerscanfindthethemesofthenovelindifferentaspects,andthenunderstandthenovelcompletely.
ChapterTwoTheSymbolicMeaningoftheScarletletter“A”
Symbol,akindofartisticcreation,mainlydependsonthespecificthingstoexpresstheabstractmeaning,inordertoinducethereader’simaginationandassociation,soastoachieveanideologicalrealmtoaffordmuchfoodforthought.Itrangesfromthemostobviousandsubstitutionofonethingforanother,tomassive,complexandperplexingcreations.Characters,names,scenesandeveneventscanbeusedsymbolically.
Inthe19thcentury,withthefastdevelopmentsoftheeconomy,Americanhassteppedintoanewstage,whilethetraditionalPuritanismstillinfluencedthoughtsofpeople.Furthermore,19thcenturyisalsothetimeofculturerenaissance;theTranscendentalismandtheMysticismareverypopularatthattime.InfluencedbyPuritanism,TranscendentalismandMysticism,Hawthorneismotivatedtomakeamuchdeeperexplorationonhumannatureandcausehisambiguityandconflictsininnerheart.Ononehand,herealizesthatthestrictPuritanismdestroythefreedomandhappinessofpeople,ontheotherhand,hecannoteradicatethetraditionthoughtssuchas“originalsin”fromhismindsincehewasborn.Suchstruggleandconflictsmakehimfeelambiguousandconfusedaboutlifeandworld.Hecannotfindagoodwaytochangethisworldandrevealhisideal;asaresult,hechoosessymbolismtoshowhisplightanddilemma.Thereasonwhyhechoosesitisthatsymbolismcanmakehisintentionhavemorethanonemeaning,sothathecanrevealhiscontradictorythoughts.
“A”hasrichsymbolicmeaningandmysterycolor,anditalmostappearsineverysceneofthisnovelandlinkseverycharacterskillfully.ItissewnonHester'scoat,carvedonhertombstoneafterherdeath,mysticallytattooedonDimmesdale’schest,evenmiraculouslyappearedintheskyduringthedevelopmentprocessofthestory.Thescarletletter“A”hastherichestsymbolicmeaninginthenovel.Butthesymbolicmeaningof“A”isnotimmutableandfrozen;itwillchangewiththestorydevelopingandtheanther’sbasisonthepoint.NowIwillanalyzethesymbolicmeaningfromtheromanticangleofmodernpeople.
2.1Adultery
Thescarletletter“A”isasymbolofadulterywhenitfirstappearsinthestory.“A”isthefirstletterintheEnglishalphabet.“First”is“origin”,firstlyitmeansbeginning.AccordingtotheChristiandoctrine,“origin”meansdegenerate,anditistheoriginalsinthatnoonecouldavoid,anditisalsotheoriginaldegenerationofhuman’sancestors.Inthiswork,thescar
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