《红字》中丁梅斯代尔的圣经原型分析

纳撒尼尔·霍桑是美国19世纪杰出的浪漫主义作家。《红字》是霍桑文学思想和文学艺术的成熟代表,富有浓厚的宗教色彩。自从1850年这部小说发行以来,《红字》就引起了极大的关注并得到文学圈中的各种评论。本文通过对男主人公亚瑟·丁梅斯代尔的圣经原型分析,见证了霍桑的宗教特质及其对《红字》的描述。而文章的分析也进一步论证了《红字》这部小说中大量的圣经原型的必然性。

The Biblical Archetypal Analysis of Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne is all outstanding representative of romantic writers in the late nineteenth century in America. One major theme of his works is to explore the sins hidden beneath the inner hearts of human beings. Coming from a family of Puritanism background, he is deeply affected by Christianity and The Bible. As the mature embodiment of Hawthorne＇ s literary thoughts and art, The Scarlet Letter, conveys strong sense of Hawthorne＇ s religious attributes. Ever since the publication of this novel in 1850, it has aroused much attention and received various criticisms in literary circle. This paper is focusing on Hawthorne＇ s religious attributes and its representation in The Scarlet Letter, through the analysis of the Biblical archetypes used in this novel for the hero Arthur Dimmesdale. By the analysis of the text, we will have a better understanding why there are so many Biblical archetypes in this novel.