社会历史批评视野下《红字》中霍桑地怀旧思想.pdf

nostalgia for tradition: his praise to social traditions and criticizing to the radical advancedmodern civilization.Hawthornepraised ancestors’toughness and diligence which he insisted was the essence of America, while Hawthorne was critical to progressive social civilization like feminism and scientific development. The former wasagainstthesocialethicsandthelattererodedhumannature. The last part is conclusion. Through above discussion, it concludes that The ScarletLetter conveyed Hawthorne’s sentimental attachment to tradition, Puritanism andNewEnglandhometown.Hawthornewasspectatorofthetimewhosolemnlyand sternly observed the realistic society. He incisively detected moral decay and the corruption of social circumstance in industrial and scientific developing society,and condemned people’s neglect to tradition and national foundation. His nostalgia is a reflection on socialprogress and to find aproper way of social development which can be obtained by returning to tradition. Hawthorne’s thinking of modernity problemswentbeyondhistimeandmanifestedhisforwardlooking. Thisthesis enrichesandadvancesresearches onHawthorne andprovides anew perspective for people to study Hawthorne and his works. Under the thrivingly developingsociety,thethesisononehandcanwarnpeoplenottoforgettraditionand essence of the nation; on the other attract people’s attention to modernity problems likesocialcorruptionandinter-personalalienation. Key words: TheScarlet Letter nostalgia New England Puritanism tradition sociohistoricalcriticism iii 万方数据 摘要 《红字》是十九世纪美国浪漫主义小说家纳撒尼尔·霍桑的代表作，小说在 发表之后取得了巨大的成功并使霍桑一跃成为最受瞩目的作家。该小说因其