霍桑Nathaniel Hawthorne 个人简介.ppt

1、(1804-1864)NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 纳撒尼尔纳撒尼尔霍桑霍桑 Nathaniel HawthorneA 19th century American novelist and short story writer.One of the founder of the American romantic novels and psychoanalytic novel.Brief IntroductionHe was Born in 1804 in Salem,Massachusetts.He was a descendant of a long line of Purita

2、n ancestors including John Hathorne,a presiding magistrate in the Salem witch trials（塞勒姆女巫案）.In the fall of 1821,he was admitted to Bowdoin College in Brunsweick.In 1828,he write his first novel fanshawe.In 1863,he published his last novel our old home.He was hired in 1839 as a weigher and gauger at

3、 the Boston Custom House.He joined the transcendentalist utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841.While on a tour of the White Mountains,Hawthorne died in his sleep on May 19,1864,in Plymouth,New Hampshire.workFirst novel fanshawe 1828 范肖Collection of short stories Twice-Told Tales 1837 重讲一遍的故事 The M

4、inisters Black Veil教长的黑面纱 Mosses from an Old Manse 1846 古屋青苔 Rappaccinis Daughter拉伯西尼医生的女儿 Young Goodman Brown 小伙子布朗 Roger Malvins Burial罗杰马尔文的葬礼Masterpiece The Scarlet Letter 1850 红字Novel The House of the Seven Gables 1851 带有七个尖角阁的房子l Novel The Blithedale Romance 1852 福谷传奇lChildrens book True Stori

5、es from History and Biography 1851 真实的历史和人物传奇故事 Wonder Book for Girls and Boys 1851 奇异的书 Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys 1853丛林传说Collection of short stories The Snow-Image,and Other Twice-Told Tales 雪影和其它重讲一遍故事 1852lNovel The Marble Faun 1860玉石雕像lNovel Our Old Home 1863我们的老家The Ministers Black V

6、eil分析胡珀教长带黑面纱的原因：1.始终是个迷,也许像故事暗示的那样，他曾经犯下某种罪孽，为给自己赎罪而带上黑面纱。2.为芸芸教众们赎罪。世间所有的人都带有与生俱来的罪孽，而且每个人都设法隐藏它，因此是不可饶恕的。3.他的清教主义的罪恶观使他的双眼蒙上一层黑纱。4.以一种似乎自相矛盾的方式抗议人们缺乏坦率、存有隔膜、缺乏同情心及友爱之心。SignificanceHawthorne was the first novelist in English to combine morality with art.Hawthorne is significant for the themes with

7、 regard to:the consequences of pride,selfishness,and secret guilt;and so on.Hawthorne is significant for his style of writing romance,which he thought a predestined form of American narrative.Theme of The Scarlet LetterTo escape the boundage of religion either on peoples spirit or on peoples natural desire.lThe theme of the story should be the moral,emotional and psychological effects of the sin on people.