[教育学]美国文学课件W-5Romsnticism3.pptVIP

American Literature A presentation brought to you by Wu Duanli Nathaniel Hawthorne His Life Main Works His position Points of view and subject Hawthorne’s art Appreciation of The Scarlet Letter Hawthorne’s influence Using symbolism His Main Work (1) Collection of Short Stories (2) Novels Collection of Short Stories Twice-Told Tales (1837) 　　　　　　　　　　《故事重述》 Mosses from an Old Manse (1846)　　　　　　　　　《古屋青苔》 The Snow-Image and Other Twice-Told Tales (1851)　　　《雪人及其它故事重述》 Novels The Scarlet Letter　(1850) 《红字》 --a treatment of the effects of sin on the human spirit. The House of Seven Gables (1851) 　　　　　　　　　《有七个尖角阁的房子》 The Blithedale Romance (1852)　《福谷传奇》 The Marble Faun (1860)《玉石收神》or《玉石雕像》 Short Stories 1 Earthy Holocaust 　　　 《大地的燔祭》 2 Young Goodman Brown　　《好小伙子布朗》 3　The Minster‘s Black Veil　　《教长的黑面纱》 4　The Birthmark 《胎痣》 5　Rappaccini’s Daughter 《拉普齐尼医生的女儿》 6　The Maypole of Merry Mount 《欢乐山的五月柱》 7　Endicott and the Red Cross 《恩地科特与红十字》 8　Howe’s Masquerade 《豪的面具》 9　Dr. Hidegger’s Experiment 《海德格医生的实验》 10　The Bosom Serpent 《利己主义》 11　The Artist of the Beautiful 《美的艺术家》 12 The Snow Image 《雪影》 Hawthornes points of view and subject He seemed to be troubled by his sense of sin and evil all his life. He had a black vision of life and human beings. b. To Hawthorne sin will get punished. “the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones” (retribution) c. One source of evil that Hawthorne was concerned most is overreaching intellect. His intellectual characters are usually evil people. Hawthorne’s art He is good at exploring of the complexity of human psychology. (2) One obvious feature of his art is his ambiguity. (3) The use of the supernatural can be seen as a hallmark of his art. (4) He is a master of symbolism. Hawthorne’s influence He was a major Am. writer now and the greatest writer living in the 19th century. He was regarded a