美国文学Lecture 5

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1、Lecture5Hawthorne&MelvilleNathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)BornofaprominentPuritantfamily;AttendedBowdoinCollege,graduatingin1825;Begantowritehistoricalsketchesandallegoricaltales,dealingwithmoralconflictsincolonialNewEnglandMajorWorksTwice-ToldTales(1837,enlarged1842);MossesfromanOldManse(1846);T

2、heScarletLetter(1850);TheHouseoftheSevenGables(1851);TheBlithedaleRomanceTheSubjectMatterofHawthorne’sWorkSenseofsinandevilinlife;OverweeningintellectTheScarletLetter(1850)Ambiguity;SymbolismAnalysisofTheScarletLetterChillingworth:obsessionwithrevengeDimmesdale:weaknessandsufferingHesterPrynn

3、e:breakingthecycleofvengeanceandselfloathingHermanMelville(1819-1891)descendantofEnglishandDutchcolonialfamilies;Bankclerk,salesman,farm-hand,schoolteacher;threethingsdeservingmentionabouthislifeMelville’sworksfirstfivebooks,Typee(1846),Omoo(1847),Mardi(1849),Redburn(1849),andWhite-Jacket(1850

4、);greatestwork,Moby-Dick(1851)thetorturednovelPierre(1852)CharactersinMoby-DickAhabIshmaelQueequegStarbuckStubbFlaskFedallah,Tashtego,Daggoo,PipSubjectmatterbleakviewoftheworldalienation“rejectionandquest”Moby-Dick(1851)symbolismambiguity