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1850年,一部伟大的作品《红字》问世,其作者纳撒尼尔·霍桑因此成为美国最重要的作家之一。此后,他的文学地位和影响力不断升高。这部小说能够在全世界的得到好评原因有很多,其中非常值得注意的是象征主义手法的巧妙运用,这为霍桑赢得了“象征主义大师”的称号,而《红字》也被公认为美国文学史上第一部象征主义小说。这篇文章,主要分析红字“A”的象征意义,以展示霍桑对象征手法的巧妙运用,并揭示当时社会制度与传统道德观念对人性的压抑与迫害。
In 1850, one of the great works of Scarlet Letter came out. Its author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, became one of the most important writers in the United States. Since then, his literary status and influence have been on the rise. There are many reasons why this novel can be praised all over the world. What merits careful attention is the clever use of symbolism, which has given Hawthorne the title of “Master of Symbolism.” The “Scarlet Letter” is also recognized The first symbolism novel in the history of American literature. This article mainly analyzes the symbolic meaning of the red letter “A” to show Hawthorne ’s clever use of the symbolic techniques and reveals the repression and persecution of human nature by the social system and traditional moral concepts.