探析《红字》里霍桑的女性主义意识(英文)

Analysis on Hawthorne's Feminist Consciousness in The Scarlet Letter

在美国文学史上,纳撒尼尔·霍桑是一位对人类灵魂具有卓越洞察力的大师。霍桑的代表作《红字》是十九世纪美国文坛上的一部经典著作。自其出版以来对《红字》中霍桑女性主义意识的探析一直吸引着众多批评家的兴趣。在其生活经历和十九世纪女权运动的影响下,霍桑孕育了女性主义意识。正是他的女性主义意识促使他在书中塑造了海斯特这样一位反叛女性。海斯特转换了字母"A"的含义并塑造一个全新的女性形象。通过对故事情节的构造和男女主人公的描写,霍桑谴责了男权社会里女性受到的不平等待遇,从而霍桑的女性主义意识在《红字》中显现出来。

Nathaniel Hawthorne is always regarded as a master of remarkable insight into human soul in the American literary history. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne's magnum opus, is a classic novel in American literature in the nineteenth century. The exploring of Hawthorne's feminist consciousness implied in The Scarlet Letter has aroused the interests of many critics since its publication. Influenced by his own life experiences and the feminist movements in the nineteenth century, Hawthorne nurtures his feminist consciousness. It is his feminist consciousness that encourages Hawthorne to create a rebellious woman—Hester in the book. By constructing the plot of his story and depicting his female and male characters, especially the heroine Hester, who transforms the meaning of the letter'A'and builds a new image of women, Hawthorne condemns the unfair treatment of women in the male-dominated culture and his feminist consciousness can be fully detected in The Scarlet Letter.