美国文学1chapter 6.pptVIP

Nathanial Hawhtorne 1) life: 1804-1864 2) literary career: Fanshawe, Twice-told tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, The Blithedale Romance，The Scarlet letter, The House of the Seven Gables 3) The Scarlet Letter: Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingwirth, Pearl Significance A: romantic writer, concern about American past, novel to record facts, romance to present the truth of the human heart B: theme: the consequences of pride, selfishness and secret guilt; the impingement of past upon the present; the futility of comprehensive social reforms; the impossibility of eradicating sin