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摘 要:
《红字》长篇序言“海关”的叙述者“我”和小说正文的主人公都经历了基本一致的内心旅程，这成为“海关”与《红字》之间同构关系的基础。这一内心旅程主要包括“原罪-彻底堕落”和“彻底堕落-称圣”两个阶段，呈现出“V”字型结构。霍桑创作《红字》，意在向当年受到自己先祖迫害的基督徒忏悔，替先祖赎罪。小说女主人公海丝特在犯罪后通过运用自由意志表现出基督之爱，走完了“V”字型的心理旅程。另一人物丁梅斯代尔牧师则在经历一段越走越黑暗的旅途后，完成了短暂的上升阶段。这一“V”字型结构既内在地规定着作者对人物命运的把握，又外化为小说的主体框架，形成两个文本之间的同构关系。[著者文摘]
文章出处:
《外国文学研究》-2008年30卷1期 -61-69页
栏目信息:
Structural Identifications of ＂The Custom-House＂ with The Scarlet Letter
Liu Lin （ associate professor at Chinese Department of the School of Literature and Journalism, Shandong University （Ji＇ nan 250100, China）
Abstract:
＂The Custom-House＂, a long introduction to The Scarlet Letter, is identified structurally with the body of the novel in that its narrator ＂I＂ has made the same inward journey from Original Sin through complete depravity to Justification or Vivification, just as the heroes have done in the novel. The descriptions of V-frame journeys become the basis of structural identifications of both texts. By composing the novel, Hawthorne intended to repent of his ancestors＇ cruelties and remove the curses from the persecuted. The heroine Hester continued to fall after adultery until she chose out of her free will to be guided by Christian love during her ascending journey. After a descending journey that turned out even darker along with the steps, Arthur Dimmesdale completed his brief ascendance. The V-structure identifies the preface with the body of the novel since it defines internally how the author conjured up the characters＇ destinies, and is externally represented as the main frames in both texts.[著者文摘]
Key words:
Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter ＂The Custom-House V-structure＂ structural identifications
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