英美文学 霍桑介绍.ppt

* Nathaniel Hawthorne life Hawthorne studied at Bowdoin college in Maine(1821~1825) Pot Longfellow and Franklin pierce Literary Career Fanshawe failure The Token 1830 Seven tales of my native land burnt twice-told tales(first collection of short stories) little money Hawthorne did three thing: first, as a surveyor second, Grandfathers Chair ; Famous Old People; the Liberty Tree third, he invested his savings at Brook Farm Mosses form an old manse(second collection of short stories) The scarlet letter(most famous novel) First American romancer Significance Hawthorne was imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative, and an unceasing interest in the ambiguity of man’s being. At his best, Hawthorne was a master of psychological insight. Hawthorne’s novels were perhaps the deepest and most psychological in the 19 century. Three aspects Showed great concern about the American past His themes: Brief introduction of The Scarlet Letter a love tragedy taking place in North American colonial period. H---- Hester Prynne 海斯特白兰 C---- Roger Chillingworth罗杰奇林渥斯 D----Dimmesdale 代尔 Heroine H married to C, who was old and ugly and devoted his whole life to studying. There was no love between the couple. But H and minister D loved each other. And H gave birth to a daughter called Pearl. According to Puritanism, they committed adultery. H was punished in public and had to wear the scarlet letter----A standing for adultery in her life as a lifelong sign of her sin. But she had a strong will and refused to say who the child’s father was. H’s long separated husband C came back from Britain and discovered her relationship with minister D. Also he knew what had happened with the scaffold, so he decided to find the child’s father to revenge. He disguised as a doctor