Hawthorne的个人简介.pptVIP

Who He Is Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) American novelist , Short story writer, Central figure in the American Renaissance What He Did 1838,became engaged to Sophia Peabody 1842,worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm , a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody. Then the couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts , later to Salem, the Berkshires , then to The Wayside in Concord. 1850,The Scarlet Letter was published, followed by a succession of other novels 1860,a political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to The Wayside 1864, died ,leaving behind his wife and their three children Opuses Characteristics 描写社会和人性的阴暗面是霍桑作品的突出特点，这与加尔文教关于人的“原罪”和“内在堕落”的理论的影响是分不开的。 霍桑是心理小说的开创者，擅长剖析人的“内心”。他着重探讨道德和罪恶的问题，主张通过善行和自忏来洗刷罪恶、净化心灵，从而得到拯救。.然而霍桑并非全写黑暗，他在揭露社会罪恶和人的劣根性的同时，对许多善良的主人公寄予极大的同情。正如他的朋友、作家赫尔曼.梅尔维尔(Herman Melville)所指出的，霍桑的黑暗使在这黑暗中不停前进的黎明显得更加明亮。 霍桑对美国文学的发展做出了很大的贡献。他对亨利.詹姆斯、福克纳及马拉默德等后代作家的影响是显而易见的。霍桑的作品想象丰富、结构严谨。.他除了进行心理分析与描写外，还运用了象征主义手法。他的构思精巧的意象，增添了作品的浪漫色彩，加深了寓意但他的作品中也不乏神秘晦涩之处。 Literature Styles and Themes Hawthornes works belong to romanticism ,cautionary tales that suggest that guilt, sin, and evil are the most inherent natural qualities of humanity Many of his works are inspired by Puritan New England, combining historical romance loaded with symbolism and deep psychological themes, bordering on surrealism His later writings also reflect his negative view of the Transcendentalism movement Hawthorne defined a romance as being radically different from a novel by not being concerned with the possible or probable course of ordinary experience Chapter 4 Personal Comments and Interests A Ghost by 应彩灵 After doing some research about Hawthorne, I get an image of a ghost. Yes, a ghost. It‘s not just because that his works are full of darkness, gloom, and depression，but also that he has some kind of mysterious aura around him which I think has some to do with his early life According to , the aut