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拟选题目选题依据及研究意义TheScarletLetterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting，writtenbyNathanielHawthorne.Itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.Setin17th-centuryPuritanBoston，Massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649，ittellsthestoryofHesterPrynne，whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.Throughoutthebook，Hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism，sin，andguilt.Hawthorneisafamousromanticnovelistofthe19thcentury，hewasadeptatusingromanticimagination，symbolism，aplentyofmoralsubjectivecolorandPsychologicalanalysistoexploretheinnerworldofthecharactersandpresentthetheme.InhismasterpieceTheScarletLetter，Hawthornemakesfulladvantagesofthoselanguageskills.Mostimportantly，symbolismisthroughoutthewholenovelandhasvarietiesmeaning.So，Hawthorneisregardedasapioneerofthemodernsymbolismliterary.ThisthesisbrieflyfocusesonanalyzingthosesymbolismsinTheScarletLetter.Symbolismisakindofspeechwhichdependsontheinnerlinkoftwothings，usessomespecificimagestopresentabstractconcepts，thoughtsandemotions.Symbolismplaysaveryimportantroleinliterarywriting.Itbringsaloftysignificancetothearticleandmakesthearticlehaveasubtleandprofoundtheme.ThisthesisconcentratesontheapplicationofsymbolisminTheScarletLetter，whichisregardedasthemajorwritingcharacteristicinthenovel.Wecanfindsymbolisminthechangemeaningof“A”，inthesymbolofthenameofthecharacters，inthemeaningofthescenes.Itisnodoubtthatonlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail，canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.
SymbolisminTheScarletLetter
选题的研究现状TheScarletLetteristhefirstnovelofHawthorne，afterthebookadventin1850，Hawthornebecamefameandrecognizedasthemostimportantwriteratthattime.Further，Hawthornecalledhis“romance”as“psychologicalromance”，thisisenoughshowsthatHawthornehadpaidmuchattentiontopsychologicaldescription，thereasonwhyheattachmuchimportancetopsychologicaldescriptionisthat：ononehand，hewasaffectedbythetimesandreligious，confusedwiththespiritandthesoul，hethoughtsincethesoulhavegoodandevil，loveandhate，andhavesins，theyareshouldberevealedsoastopunishingevilandpromotingvirtue，awardingloveandsuppressinghate.Butontheotherhand，people’spsychologicaldependonpeople’sbehavior，ifwenotanalyzethecharacter’spsychologicalwecannotunderstandtheinnerofthecharacter，wewillinevitablyseemedsuperficial.Forreaderswhoareaccustomedtoreadingourtraditionaltechniquestodrawcharacters，theymayfeelThestoryrhythmistooslow，butheistheoriginatoroftheAmericanpsychologicalnovels.Aftersomanyyears，thebookalwaysunderworship，thecriticsneverstoppedconcerningaboutthisnovel.TheScarletLetterisnowrecognizedasanimmortalmasterpieces，Hawthornealsoreceivedahighrating.TheScarletLetterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting，writtenbyNathanielHawthorne.Itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.Setin17th-centuryPuritanBoston，Massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649，ittellsthestoryofHesterPrynne，whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.Throughoutthebook，Hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism，sin，andguilt.Indomestic，manyscholarshavedeeplyresearchedTheScarletLetter，someanalyzedit’sthemefromtheperspectiveofthesocietybackgroundandstoryStructure，somefocustheirresearchonhowwomenpursuingmarriageandamourunderthatsocietysetting，somescholarspayattentiontothesymbolismusedinthenovel，but，amajorityofscholarsputmainenergyonanalyzingthepsychology，character，imageoftheheroandheroininTheScarletLetter，byanalyzingthehumanityofthethreemaincharacters，wecanunderstandtheabominableinfluenceonhumanityresultedfromPuritanism.Inourcountry，therearemanyworksaboutresearchingthescarletletter.Forexample，Hawthorne’sfeministthoughtreflectedonHesterPrynnewrittenbyChengShuHua.PaltielguliIsaac’sworkfromChinesefeministliterarycriticismperspectiveviewHesterPrynne’simagein
TheScarletLetter.ForeignscholarshavealongerhistoryinresearchingHawthorne，intheearly1836，ParkerBenjaminpublishedthefirstarticlemadecommenceonHawthorne’sworksontheNewEnglandjournal.In1932，RandallStuarteditedandpublishedHawthorne’sAmericandiary，thispushedtheresearchofHawthornetoahigherclimax.Atthattime，theresearchbegantoinvolveHawthorne’sbeautytheoryandpoliticalpoint.In1976，Americanestablished“researchinstituteofHawthorne”especially，payattentiontoHawthorne’sromanceprinciple.SomehavesuggestedthatTheScarletLetterisfartoodescriptive，tothepointthatthewordsloosemeaning，andthereaderisdesensitizedtothemessagethattheauthoristryingtoconvey.Thisalsocausesthebooktolosepace，andturnoffreaderstoreadingHawthorne’sworkentirely.Whichissomewhatapity，consideringHawthornewasquitetheauthorinwritingshortstories，andpoems.Perhapshefeltheneedtowriteabookonthesubjectbecauseitwaspersonal，however，manyfeelitisashortstorywiththelengthandpaceofagreattome.Hawthorne’sworksreallyaregood，butsomedidfindthatthisbookdidusetoomanywordswhenjust1or2wouldhavebeensufficient.Methinksthat’smorearesultofromanticstylethanitishisindividualwordchoice.Theexcessofwordscanbefoundinotherbooksofthatera，likeFrankenstein(particularlyPercy’sedit)--MaskedSheik，6January2007(UTC).Contrarytowhatsomebelieve，thisisagoodbook，Ithinkitisfineinthemethodsofdescriptions，thoughIwillagreethatattimesyoudogetboredwithit.Thenagain，everybookhasit’slessinterestingparts.Ifyouliketofigureoutsymbolismoryouliketoseehowpeoplereactincertainsituations，psychology，itisinteresting.Oryoumightreaditduetothesimplefactthatitisrequiredforschool.Irrelevantofwhetheryouguysthinkthatthisbookisgoodornot，thecriticismsectionneedsreferences.Perhapsincludingarticlesofliterarycritics，orsomeotherdocumentedcriticismofthenovel，Justsaying“thisisagoodbook”doesn’tnegatetheneedforsuchasection，andsaying“Somehavesuggested”isborderingonweaselwords.Let’suseactualcitations，notourownopinions.AlthoughIpersonallyagreethatthisbooksucks，Iagreewiththecommentabove.Ifthearticlecontainsanyopinions(whichisdebatablewhetheritshould)，theymustbebalanced，andbefromcrediblesources.(Wikipedia：Describingpointsofview).MostreviewersgaveHawthorne’snovelhighpraiseatthetimeofitspublication.EvertA.Duyckinck，oneofthemostinfluentialcriticsofhisday，calledthetalea“psychological
romance”，astudyofcharacterinwhichthehumanheartisanatomized，carefully，elaborately，andwithstrikingpoeticanddramaticpower.HealsopraisedHawthorne’sdeparturefromtheoverlyornatewritingstylepopularatthetime，whichdisplayed“artificeandeffortattheexpenseofnatureandease.”Duyckinck’sreviewwassupportedbymostwesternscholars.(Wikipedia：Neutralpointofview)
拟研究的主要内容和思路TheScarletLetterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelinAmericanliterature.Wecanfindsymbolismthroughoutthewholenovelandhavevarietiesmeaning，suchasthesymbolof“A”，thesymbolofthecharacter’sname，thesymbolofdifferentscenes，onlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail，canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.Thisthesismainlyinvolvesfollowingtopics：1.IntroductiononHawthorneandTheScarletletter.1.1IntroductiononHawthorne.1.2IntroductiononTheScarletletter.1.3IntroductiononTheThemeofTheScarletLetter.2.IntroductiononSymbolism.2.1DefinitionofSymbolism.2.2CharacteristicsofSymbolism.2.2.1Polysemy2.2.2Uncertainty3.TheUsageofSymbolisminTheScarletLetter.3.1TheSymbolof“A”.3.1.1“A”standsfor“adultery”3.1.2“A”standsfor“alienation”3.1.3“A”standsfor“able”3.1.4“A”standsfor“angel”3.2TheSymboloftheCharacters.3.2.1HesterPrynne3.2.2ArthurDimmsdale3.2.3RogerChillingworth3.2.4Pearl3.3TheSymboloftheScenes.3.3.1Thescaffold3.3.2Thejailandthetomb3.3.3Thevalley4.Conclusion
研究的创新点及重、难点ThisthesislaystheemphasisonanalyzingsymbolismusedinTheScarletLetter.Asweallknown，TheScarletLetterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelintheAmericanliterature，therearevarietiesofsymbolisminthestory，suchasthesymbolof“A”，thesymbolofthecharactersname，thesymbolofdifferentscenes.AmongThem，itisdifficulttounderstandthesymbolof“A”，because“A”variesconstantlywiththedevelopmentoftheplot，andtheyareoftenemergedinthecriticalperiodoftheplot’sdevelopment.Besides，thisthesisisontheuniquepositiontorevealthesymbolismofthescenes，whichisveryinnovative.Throughoutthewholenovel，therearedifferentscenes，carryingdifferentmeanings，thoughtheyhaveprofoundsymbolism，theyrarelybediscussed.Thisthesistryingtomakeupfortheshortageinthisaspect.
研究进程安排December20-January16：January17-February28：March7-March27：March28-April10：April11-May8：posingquestionsoftheresearchandcollectingmaterialsanalyzingthematerialsandwritinganoutlinecompletingthefirstdraftandseekingthesupervisor’sadvicerefiningthepaperaccordingtosupervisor’ssuggestionsfinalizingthethesisbasedonthesetrequirements
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