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1、NathanielHawthorne(霍桑)(1804—1864)NathanielHawthorneI.IntroductionofNathanielHawthorneII.IntroductionofTheScarletLetterIII.CommentonYoungGoodmanBrown1.1LifeExperienceBorntoafamilywithalongPuritantraditioninSalem,MassachusettsonJuly4,1804.Hisgreat-grandfather,oneofthejudge
2、sattheSalemwitchcrafttrials.Hisfatherwasaship’scaptain,whodiedofyellowfeveronavoyagewhenHawthornewasfour.Hewasbroughtupbyhisuncles.HisancestorswerenotoriousforthepersecutionoftheQuakersandfortheSalemWitchcraftTrialin1692.HegraduatedformBowdoinCollegein1842inthesameclasswi
3、thLongfellowandFranklinPierce(the14thU.SPresident).Aftergraduation,hereturnedtoSalemtoliveinhismother’shouseandtopursuehisliterarycareer.Hislifeexperiencehadgreatinfluenceonhischaracter,aswellasonhiswritingcareer.1.1LifeExperience1.2MajorworksTwice-ToldTales(Whichincludes
4、“TheMinister’sBlackVeil”)《故事重述》MossesfromanOldManse(Whichincluded“YoungGoodmanBrown”)《古宅青苔》TheScarletLetter《红字》1850TheHousesoftheSevenGables《带有七个尖角阁的房子》1851BlithedaleRomance《福谷传奇》1852TheMarbleFaun《玉石雕像》1860AccordingtoHawthorne,“thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainl
5、atent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;butcircumstancesmayrouseittoactivity.”Apieceofliteraryworkshould“showhowweareallwrongedandwrongers,andavengeoneanother.”Soinalmosteverybookhewrote,Hawthornediscussessinandevil.1.3LiterarystyleHisstylewassoft,flowingandalmostfeminine.Langu
6、age:smooth,clear,beautifulinsoundandmeaningHealsofrequentlyusessymbolsandsettingstorevealthepsychologyofthecharacters.1.3LiterarystyleHawthorne'sworkbelongstoRomanticism,anartisticandintellectualmovementcharacterizedbyanemphasisonindividualfreedomfromsocialconventionsorpo
7、liticalrestraints,onhumanimagination,andonnatureinatypicallyidealizedform.Someclassifyhimasagloomy“guilt-riddenmoralist.”Hawthorne’swritingstylewasbasedonhisbeliefs-----hiscentralthemesfocusedalongthelinesofreality-----andhavingthereadersquestionwhatwasgivenasfact,justash
8、edid.Hiswritingstylesoundedarchaicandwasdifficulttounderstand. Thedialogueswerenotlikenaturalspe