Deconstruction, advocated by Jacques Derrida, is a critic outlook that indicates the pitfall of the philosophical dichotomy in Western convention, revealing the unreliability of human language and conception. Hawthorn...Deconstruction, advocated by Jacques Derrida, is a critic outlook that indicates the pitfall of the philosophical dichotomy in Western convention, revealing the unreliability of human language and conception. Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil,with the obscurity and uncertainty in its disclosure, offers the feasibility for a deconstruction study. The binary oppositions and its deconstruction of the "black veil" in perspective of persona, idea and existence contribute to the void perception and activities of Mr.Hooper, the protagonist as well as the author's literary practice.展开更多
The Minister's Black Veil is one of Hawthorne's most influential short novels. The black veil in it symbolizes the sin. This paper based on the Freudian theory — the three structures of personality: id,ego an...The Minister's Black Veil is one of Hawthorne's most influential short novels. The black veil in it symbolizes the sin. This paper based on the Freudian theory — the three structures of personality: id,ego and superego,is to point out that the process of the minister's wearing the veil is that of the interacting and compromising of the three personalities and that the alienation of the minister's personality is caused by the imbalance of the three personalities.展开更多
文摘Deconstruction, advocated by Jacques Derrida, is a critic outlook that indicates the pitfall of the philosophical dichotomy in Western convention, revealing the unreliability of human language and conception. Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil,with the obscurity and uncertainty in its disclosure, offers the feasibility for a deconstruction study. The binary oppositions and its deconstruction of the "black veil" in perspective of persona, idea and existence contribute to the void perception and activities of Mr.Hooper, the protagonist as well as the author's literary practice.
文摘The Minister's Black Veil is one of Hawthorne's most influential short novels. The black veil in it symbolizes the sin. This paper based on the Freudian theory — the three structures of personality: id,ego and superego,is to point out that the process of the minister's wearing the veil is that of the interacting and compromising of the three personalities and that the alienation of the minister's personality is caused by the imbalance of the three personalities.
