火红的A字——谈霍桑在《红字》中的象征手法

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霍桑是 1 9世纪著名的浪漫主义小说家之一 ,《红字》是最能体现霍桑艺术风格———象征手法的代表作。霍桑的象征手法具有浓郁的感情色彩 ,不拘泥于传统形式。霍桑被誉为 1

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the famous romantic novelists of America in 19th century. The Scarlet Letter is his masterpiece which fully embodies Hawthorne's artistic feature-symbolic device.He concentrated on a few main symbols which repeatedly appear in the story.Hawthorne's symbolic style has the rich flavors of emotion and conforms to no conventional pattern.Hawthorne is praised as the most famous symbolic writer in 19th century American literature.