• Attended Bowdoin College in 1821; • Hawthorne was hired in 1839 as a weigher
and gauger at the Boston Custom House. • He joined the transcendentalist utopian
• The Scarlet Letter《红字》 (1850) • The House of the Seven Gables
《七个尖角阁的房子》 (1851)
• The Blithedale Romance 《福谷传奇》 (1852) • The Marble Faun 《玉石雕像》(1860)
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Introduction
Born:July 4, 1804, Salem, Mass., U.S
Died: May 19, 1864, Plymouth, N.H.
Occupation: U.S. novelist and short-story writer
Literary genre: Romanticism
• Father: Died when he was only four • Mother: Relied on relatives in rearing
the children • A family with a long Puritan (清教徒）
tradition.
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Life experience
Much of Hawthorne’s work is set in colonial New England, and many of his short stories have been read as moral allegories influenced by his Puritan background.
The Scarlet Letter ——Hawthorne
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Outline
• 1.Author • 2.Background • 3.plot summary • 4.Plot • 5.Analysis of characters • 6.Theme • 7.Artistic Features
• The Birth-Mark 《胎记》(1843) • Rappaccini’s Daughter 《拉帕奇尼的女儿》(1844) • My Kinsman, Major Molineux
《我的亲戚莫里诺少校》(1832)
• The Minister’s Black Veil 《教长的黑面纱》(1836) • Young Goodman Brown《好小伙子布朗》 (1835)
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Major Themes of His Works
• Sin and Evil • History and Antiquity • Alienation • Puritan New England • Other themes
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Style – a typical romantic writer
to keep the reader in the world of uncertainty – multiple point of view
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Background &
Plot summary
Presenter：梁艳婷（33号）
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Boston, Setting of The Scarlet Letter
Salem, Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Family background
• Ancestors: A judge relate to the Sale勒姆驱巫 案件）
community at Brook Farm in 1841; • His later works show some Transcendentalist
influence, including a belief in individual choice and consequence, and an emphasis on symbolism.
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• In 1852, he wrote the campaign biography of his old friend Franklin Pierce.
• Hawthorne was rewarded in 1853 with the position of United States consul in Liverpool.
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Author：Nathaniel Hawthorne
Presenter：区海怡（35号）
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Introduction • Family background & life experiences • Works • Writing theme/style
a man of literary craftsmanship，extraordinary in
the use of symbol
the use of ambiguity
revelation of characters’ psychology
the use of supernatural
The symbol serves as a weapon to attack reality. It can be found everywhere in his writing
• In 1857, his appointment ended; • He died in 1864, a few years after returning
to America.
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His four major romances or novels written between 1850 and 1860