论霍桑短篇小说《美之艺术家》中的含混

Analysis of the Ambiguity in The Artist of the Beautiful by Hawthorne

短篇小说是霍桑创作的重要组成部分。他在《美之艺术家》中采用了颇具特色的创作手法:含混与双重性。这一写作手法具体体现为矛盾的叙述、具有双重属性的象征物、含混、谜一般的结尾等。从本质上来说,小说文本的含混是霍桑矛盾思想和心态的体现,而这一特点也赋予作品永恒的魅力。

Hawthorne＇ s The Artist of the Beautiful is imbued with paradoxical narration and comments, dual-meaning symbols and ambiguous ending. This paper tries to analyze the ambiguity art of the short story, getting the conclusion that such ambiguity is due to Hawthorne＇ s ambivalent mind upon many issues in his time and society.