a psychoanalytical approach to nathaniel hawthorne’s “young goodman brown”

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1、APsychoanalyticalApproachtoNathanielHawthorne’s“YoungGoodmanBrown”　　【Abstract】NathanielHawthorne’s“YoungGoodmanBrown”isatypicalexampleofpsychoanalyticalnovel.BasedontheoryofpsychologicalanalysisbySigmundFreud，theprotagonistBrown’sjourneyintheforestisajourneyofheartinnature

2、sincetheprocessischaracterizedbyaseriesofpsychologicalchangesfromcuriositytoconfusionandfinaldisillusionment.Brown’stragedyisduetohisfailuretoseeevilinhimselfandtoholdontohisfaith.　　【Keywords】Psychoanalysis；Hawthorne；GoodmanBrown；psychologicalmaturation　　NathanielHawthorne

3、，a19thcenturyAmericanwriterofnovelsandshortstories，isconsideredanimportantrepresentativeofPuritanism；symbolismandromanticisminAmericanliterature.Heestablishedhisreputationasawriterwithaninquiringimagination，ameditativemindandastronginterestintheambiguityofman’sbeing.Hemade

4、everyefforttoexposethelonelyanddarksideofhumannatureandthenecessityformantolookintohisownsoul.Throughouthislife，hewrotemanyworks，aimingatespousingthecomplexitiesandsenseofguiltofhumanbeings.Readinghisworksonecannotfailtobeshockedbytheblackvisionrevealedinhisworks.Takehissh

5、ortstory“YoungGoodmanBrown”asanillustration，HawthorneaimsatexploringuncertaintiesofbeliefthathauntGoodmanBrown’sheartandsoul.WiththehelpofpsychologicalanalysisHawthorneexposesthedarksideofhumanbeingsandsocietyandhissincereloveoftheworld.　　Thestory“YoungGoodmanBrown”canbese

6、eninonesenseasemblematicoftheinnerurgeoftheyoungtogrowupandtogetintegratedintotheadultworldasreflectedbyyoungman’sleavinghiswifedespiteherrepeatedearnestpleadingsnottoleaveheralone.Hemustgosinceitisdecidedbyhishumannature：itisaphasetogothrough.Hemustlosehisinnocencesoastod

7、iscoverabouttheevilthatexistsinlifeaswellasinhim，andonlyinthiswaycanhereachmaturity.Inthissense，hisjourneytomeetingisalsoajourneyofmaturationandajourneyoflife（ChangYaoxin，2001）.Throughhisjourney，Brownbecomesanadultinhiscommunityandheisfullyinitiatedsocially.Thisinitiationr

8、esultsinafrozenemotionalstateastheyoungGoodmanBrownbecomes，overnight，anoldandgloomyGoodma