个人意识与历史——《欢乐山的五月柱》新历史主义解读

A New Historicist Reading of The Maypole of Merry Mount

《欢乐山的五月柱》是霍桑早期的一篇重要的短篇小说,它是一篇以真实的历史事件为素材写成的寓言短篇小说。新历史主义文学批评理论突出强调了历史与文本之间的互动,据此本文将从霍桑的清教思想对该文创作的影响,以及小说中的意识对立所反映的社会现象和霍桑的历史观这两个方面小说进行解读。

Hawthorne＇s The Maypole of Merry Mount is one of his most important short stories in his early period.It is a allegorical short story which is based on real historical event.New Historicism stresses the interaction between history and texts.In this paper,the author will study how Hawthorne＇s puritan view affects his literature,and how the text reflects the social status.