红字女权主义PPT 中英文.ppt

The Embodiment of Hawthorne‘s Feminist Consciousness in “The Scarlet Letter” 霍桑的女权主义意识 在《红字》中的体现 Introduction of the Author Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of this book was one of the most interesting, yet most ambivalent(矛盾的) writer in American literary history. He was called the “Moral Historian of Puritan New England”. He’s?one?of?the?most?influential?writers?in?America?in?the?19th?century.?His?novel? The?Scarlet?Letter published in 1850 ensures his permanent fame in literature. Being different from other male writers at the same time, Hawthorne wrote a novel into the feminist tendency. This kind of consciousness could be traced back to his life background, as well as the transcendentalist(超验主义), romanticism. 总之,与同时期的其他男性作家不同,霍桑在写小说时,融入了女权主义倾向。这种意识可追溯到他的生活背景,以及超验主义,浪漫主义。 About the Novel In this novel Hawthorne sets his story in the 17th century American Boston under the rule of puritan magistrates(地方法官，治安官). According to some theories of feminist criticism, Hawthornes feminism consciousness prompted him to shape a rebellion(反抗，叛乱) character in the Scarlet letter. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne described this consciousness into his villains, the heroines inner world. Hawthorne revealed Hesters marginalized status(边缘地位), reflected female consciousness of the widespread in the Puritan society. Hawthorne also criticized that origin from the patriarchal（父权的，父系的） consciousness of unequal treatment of women. 根据一些女权主义批评理论,霍桑的女权主义意识促使他在《红字》中塑造了一个反叛女性。在《红字》中,霍桑将这种意识融入到了他描绘的反派女主人公海斯特的内心世界。霍桑通过揭示海斯特的社会边缘地位,反映了在清教社会中普遍存在的厌女意识。霍桑还谴责那种源于男权意识对妇女不平等的待遇。 In his work, he portrayed a rebellious woman --, Hester, abandoned by the society and a man, was the victim of a Puritan severe penalty(刑罚，惩罚), and she got great sympathy. Her beauty, courage, rebellion, and her virtue as a mother are worth highlighting. 在作品中,他描绘了一个反叛妇女———海斯特,作为一个被社会抛弃的人,作为一个严厉清教惩罚下的牺牲品,得到了巨大的同情。她的美丽、勇气、反叛以及她作为一位母亲所具有的美德都值得强调。 The embodiment