霍桑及其《红字》之一:批评略史

My First Study of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter:An Outlined History of Its Criticisms

纳撒尼尔·霍桑的长篇小说《红字》因其流畅的文字，透析的心理描写，歧义的象征主义，以及深刻的道德观冲突，在美国引起了文学界一个多世纪的关注与批评。本文是系列论文“霍桑及其《红字》”的首篇，对作品的批评史作了一个简略的回顾。作者发现，无论采用何种批评方法对《红字》进行解读都可产生有意义的释义，这是十分有趣的。《红字》的多解性更增添了这部名著的神秘与魁力。

Nathainel HaWthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter has already aroused century-long concerns and criticism in the American field of literature due to its easy, smooth and graceful writing, deep-going description of the characters' innermost psychology,ambiguous symbolism, and the dramatic conflicts of moral values. The present paper, as the first of a series of research papers on Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter, gives a brief review of this novel's history of criticisms. The present author has found that no matter what a method is adopted to interpret the novel, it can give rise to meaningful interpretations, which are surely of great interest. The novel's multi-dimensional interpretation adds mystery and charm to this literary masterpiece.