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1、AnAnalysisofFeminisminTheScarletLetterAbstractNathanielHawthorneisoneofthemostinfluentialwritersinAmericainthe19thcentury.HisnovelTheScarletLetterpublishedin1850ensureshispermanentfameinliterature.InthisnovelHawthornesetshisstoryinthe17thcenturyAmericanBostonundertheruleofPuritanmagistrates.TakingHe
2、ster'sadulterybeingfoundandpunishedasaclue,HawthornedescribesthecharacterizationofHesterandexploreswomen'sinnerworldandtheirfate.ThisthesisistoexplorehisfeministconsciousnessembodiedinTheScarletLetterbyapplyingfeministcriticaltheoriesandmethodology.Throughtheanalysisofthethesis,especiallythecharacte
3、rizationoftheprotagonistHester,wefindthatHawthornehasfeministconsciousnesswhichisrareinothermalewriters.Hester,anadulteress,iscastoffinthemarginalplaceofthepatriarchalsociety,butHawthornepurposelyputherinthecenterofhisstory,endowingherwithapositionofsubjectivity.Astoherdisobedienceandrebellionagains
4、tthemale-dominatedsociety,heoffershisgreatsympathy,andshowshisappreciationforher.Hesterisdepictedasafeministprecursorwhoserebellionandfeministthoughtbringaboutsomesocialchanges.ItisHawthorne'sfeministconsciousnessthatcontributestothesuccessfulcreationofarebelliouswomanHester,whichhelpsusunderstandth
5、eexistingsituationofwomenandcausespeopletoattachgreatimportancetowomen'sexperienceandvalue.Keywords:Hawthorne;feminismconsciousness;Hester摘要納桑尼爾·霍桑是美國(guó)文學(xué)史上最具影響力的作家之一。他的小說(shuō)《紅字》使他永葆文壇盛譽(yù)。小說(shuō)以十七世紀(jì)清教徒統(tǒng)治下的美國(guó)波士頓為背景,以海絲特因通奸被發(fā)現(xiàn)而受罰為線索刻畫(huà)了海絲特這一人物形象并展開(kāi)對(duì)以海絲特為代表的女性人物的內(nèi)心世界及命運(yùn)的探索?;羯W鳛橐粋€(gè)男性作家,由于其獨(dú)特的家庭、政治、宗教等背景使其在作品中表現(xiàn)出男性
6、作家少有的女性意識(shí)。本文將運(yùn)用女權(quán)主義批評(píng)理論和方法來(lái)揭示霍桑在小說(shuō)《紅字》中所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的女性意識(shí)。通過(guò)分析其作品文本尤其對(duì)主人公海絲特的刻畫(huà),我們發(fā)現(xiàn)霍桑在作品中表現(xiàn)出男性作家少有的女性意識(shí)。海絲特,作為一個(gè)通奸的罪者,被拋在社會(huì)的邊緣,可是霍桑在其作品中把她放在中心位置,賦予她主體地位。對(duì)于海絲特對(duì)父權(quán)社會(huì)的不從和反叛,霍桑表現(xiàn)出極大的同情,同時(shí)對(duì)海絲特的獨(dú)特品質(zhì)表現(xiàn)出欣賞。海絲特被描寫(xiě)成一個(gè)具有反叛意識(shí)和女權(quán)思想的女性,她起到了社會(huì)變革的作用。正是由于霍桑的女性意識(shí)才使得對(duì)反叛女性海絲特的創(chuàng)作獲得成功,從而幫助我們更好地了解婦女的生存狀況并對(duì)婦女的自身價(jià)值給予肯定。關(guān)鍵詞:霍桑;女權(quán)主義
7、意識(shí);海絲特ContentsⅠIntroduction………………………………………………………………………1AHawthorne………………………………………………………………….......2BTheScarletLetter.....................................................................................