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1、AnAnalysisofSymbolisminTheScarletLetter浅析《红字》中象征主义手法的运用毕业论文开题报告所在系:外国语言文学系专业:英语毕业论文题目:AnAnalysisofSymbolisminTheScarletLetter1.AimandSignificance:NathanielHawthorneisagreatromanticnovelistinAmericainthenineteenthcentury.HeisdeeplyinfluencedbyPuritanismconsciousness,Transcendentalphilo
2、sophyandmysticism.Asaresult,insteadofgivingtheobjectivedescriptionoftheworld,healwaysgivesasymbolicmeaningtoanobjectivethingtoexpresshistrueunderstandingoftheworld,tryinghisbesttodiscoverthehiddenmeaningthroughthesymbols.Therefore,ifwewanttodeeplyunderstandHawthorne’swritingstyle,itis
3、essentialforustomakeathoroughresearchonthesymbolsandsymbolisminhisworks.TheScarletLetterisHawthorne’smasterpiece,whichmakeshimwellknownaroundtheworld,anditisalsooneofthemostremarkableworksinAmericanliterature.ThisnovelwithaneverlastingglamourmainlyliesinHawthorne’sskillfulhandlingofsy
4、mbolism.Fromthetitletothearrangementoftheplot,thentothedescriptionofthecharactersandobjects,theauthorusesonlyafewwordstoexpressrichmeanings,whichleavesusmuchroomforimagination.TheauthorofthepaperdevelopsadeepinterestinTheScarletLetterafterhavingfinishedreadingthisnovel.Whatstrikesthea
5、uthormostisthescarletletter“A”.Itrunsthroughthewholenovel,andmanifestsinvariousformsatdifferenttime,placesandscenes.Furthermore,themeaningofthescarletletter“A”becomesricherandmorecomplicatedastheplotfurtherdevelops.2.MainMethodsandWaysofStudies:TheresearchintothesymbolisminTheScarletL
6、ettercanmakereadersdeeplyunderstandHawthorne’swritingstyle.First,bywayofexploringthevarioussymbolicmeaningsofthescarletletter“A”todifferentcharactersandthechangingsymbolicmeaningsofthescarletletter“A”atdifferenttime,placesandscenes,thethesiscanhelpreadershaveabetterunderstandingofther
7、ichmeaningsoftheletter“A”inthenovelandtheprocessofmoralgrowthofthemaincharacters.Second,theresearchintothesymbolicmeaningsofthecharacters’names,variousobjectsinthenovelandthesymbolicmeaningsofPearlcanmakereadersdeeplyunderstandHawthorne’suniqueartisticwritingcharacteristics,theprofoun
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