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1、TheSymbolicMeaningof“A”inTheScarletLetterACKNOWLEDGMENTSIamdeeplyindebtedtomysupervisor,whohasgivenmeconstantandvaluableadvice,readmydraftsthroughmeticulouslyandofferedincisivecommentsonthem.Iamgratefultoherfortheusefulmaterialsshehadprovidedtome.Shegavemeva
2、luableadviceandpolishedthethesisaswell.Withoutherhelp,thethesiscouldneverhavereacheditspresentform.Ialsoowemyparticulargratitudetoallmyteacherswhohavegivenmeexcellentlecturesandgreathelp,whichareindispensabletothecompletionofthisthesis,andmyheartythankstoall
3、myclassmateswhohaveofferedgeneroushelpandusefulsuggestionsintheprocessofwritingthisthesis.Finally,Iwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoallthewriterswhoseworkshavebeenreferredtointhisthesis.摘要纳撒尼尔.霍桑是美国非常著名的小说家。他不仅创造了若干部经典的长篇小说,而且还书写了数量可观且耐人寻味的短篇小说.至今为止,霍桑和他的作品
4、一直是中外学者讨论的对象。《红字》是十九世纪美国作家霍桑的成名作.自从本世纪五十年代被译介到我国以来,一直倍受读者的喜爱。其不朽的魅力在于它不仅无情的鞭挞了清教法规对人性的践踏,更重要的是作者对人性的善的肯定。作者在作品中采用的象征手法贯穿始终的、无处不在,加强了作品的艺术效果。尤其是红字“A”这一贯穿全文的意象,有着多重的、缥缈的,乃至互相抵触的象征意义。本文从红字的多种象征意义入手,研究《红字》中的象征手法。关键词:纳撒尼尔.霍桑;红字;象征主义ABSTRACTNathanialHawthorneisane
5、xtremelyrenownedAmericanwriteroffiction.Henotonlyhascreatedquietafewclassicnovels,butalsohaswrittenquantitiesofthought-provokingshortstories.Untilnow,HawthorneandhisworkshavebeenthefocusofdiscussionfromtheChineseandforeignscholars.TheScarletLetterbyNathaniel
6、HawthorneisaclassicalnovelinAmericanliteratureinthe19thcentury.SincethefirstChinesetranslationofTheScarletLetterappearedinthe1950’sscholarsandreadersinthiscountryhaveshownanever-increasinginterestinhisworks.Itsimmortalenchantmentliesinnotonlyitscondemnationo
7、fthenegativeimpactofPuritansocietyonpeople’sspirit,butalsoitsaffirmationofgoodness,Hawthorneusesthesymbolismsoskillfulthatitenhancestheartisticeffectsofhisworkgreatly.Aboveall,thescarletletter"A"displaysitsdynamic,multimodalandevencontradictivecharacteristic
8、.Thispaperresearchesthesymbolisminthisnovelfromthefollowingaspects:thechangingsymbolicmeaningofthescarletlettertomakethesymbolismcleartothereaders.Keywords:NathanialHawthorne,TheScarletLetter,Sy