美国文学史-Hawthorne-and-MelvillePPT课件
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❖He is a descendant of a judge in the Salem witch trials.
❖He wrote many stories about the Puritans. ❖Hawthorne wrote during the Romantic Period in
American literature which lasted from 1830 to 1865.
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852)
Tanglewood Tales (1853)
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5
Reasons for Hawthorne's Current
Popularity
❖ 1. One of the most modern of writers, Hawthorne is relevant in theme and attitude. According to H. H. Waggoner, Hawthorne's attitudes use irony, ambiguity, and paradox.
The Blithedale Romance (1852)
The Marble Faun (1860)
Twice-Told Tales (1837, 1851)
Mosses from an Old Manse (1846, 1854)
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales (1852)
Lecture 6
Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville
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❖ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
❖Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804.
The Life of Franklin Pierce (1852)
"Chiefly About War Matters" (1862)
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches (1863)
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair (1840)
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❖ 7. Allegory - Hawthorne's writing is allegorical, didactic and moralistic.
❖ 8. Other themes include individual vs. society, self-fulfillment vs. accommodation or frustration, hypocrisy vs. integrity, love vs. hate, exploitation vs. hurting, and fate vs. free will.
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Major Themes in Hawthorne's Fiction -II
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❖ 5. Puritan New England - used as a background and setting in many tales.
❖ 6. Italian background - especially in The Marble Faun.
❖ 2. Hawthorne rounds off the puritan cycle in American writing - belief in the existence of an active evil (the devil) and in a sense of determinism (the concept of predestination).
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❖ 1. Alienation - a character is in a state of isolation because of self-cause, or societal cause, or a combination of both.
❖ 2. Initiation - involves the attempts of an alwenku.baidu.comenated character to get rid of his isolated condition.
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Boston, MA Setting of The Scarlet Letter
Salem, MA Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (1850)
The House of the Seven Gables (1851)
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❖ 3. Hawthorne's use of psychological analysis (pre-Freudian) is of interest today.
❖ 4. In themes and style, Hawthorne's writings look ahead to Henry James, William Faulkner, and Robert Penn Warren.
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❖ 3. Problem of Guilt -a character's sense of guilt forced by the puritanical heritage or by society; also guilt vs. innocence.
❖ 4. Pride - Hawthorne treats pride as evil. He illustrates the following aspects of pride in various characters: physical pride (Robin), spiritual pride (Goodman Brown, Ethan Brand), and intellectual pride (Rappaccini).
❖He wrote many stories about the Puritans. ❖Hawthorne wrote during the Romantic Period in
American literature which lasted from 1830 to 1865.
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852)
Tanglewood Tales (1853)
.
5
Reasons for Hawthorne's Current
Popularity
❖ 1. One of the most modern of writers, Hawthorne is relevant in theme and attitude. According to H. H. Waggoner, Hawthorne's attitudes use irony, ambiguity, and paradox.
The Blithedale Romance (1852)
The Marble Faun (1860)
Twice-Told Tales (1837, 1851)
Mosses from an Old Manse (1846, 1854)
The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales (1852)
Lecture 6
Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville
.
1
❖ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864)
.
2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
❖Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804.
The Life of Franklin Pierce (1852)
"Chiefly About War Matters" (1862)
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches (1863)
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair (1840)
.
11
❖ 7. Allegory - Hawthorne's writing is allegorical, didactic and moralistic.
❖ 8. Other themes include individual vs. society, self-fulfillment vs. accommodation or frustration, hypocrisy vs. integrity, love vs. hate, exploitation vs. hurting, and fate vs. free will.
.
9
Major Themes in Hawthorne's Fiction -II
.
10
❖ 5. Puritan New England - used as a background and setting in many tales.
❖ 6. Italian background - especially in The Marble Faun.
❖ 2. Hawthorne rounds off the puritan cycle in American writing - belief in the existence of an active evil (the devil) and in a sense of determinism (the concept of predestination).
.
7
❖ 1. Alienation - a character is in a state of isolation because of self-cause, or societal cause, or a combination of both.
❖ 2. Initiation - involves the attempts of an alwenku.baidu.comenated character to get rid of his isolated condition.
.
3
Boston, MA Setting of The Scarlet Letter
Salem, MA Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne
.
4
Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter (1850)
The House of the Seven Gables (1851)
.
6
❖ 3. Hawthorne's use of psychological analysis (pre-Freudian) is of interest today.
❖ 4. In themes and style, Hawthorne's writings look ahead to Henry James, William Faulkner, and Robert Penn Warren.
.
8
❖ 3. Problem of Guilt -a character's sense of guilt forced by the puritanical heritage or by society; also guilt vs. innocence.
❖ 4. Pride - Hawthorne treats pride as evil. He illustrates the following aspects of pride in various characters: physical pride (Robin), spiritual pride (Goodman Brown, Ethan Brand), and intellectual pride (Rappaccini).