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2023商务英语论文开题报告题目SymbolisminTheScarletLetter选题依据及研究意义TheScarletLetterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenbyNathanielHawthorne.Itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.Setin17th-centuryPuritanBoston,Massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649,ittellsthestoryofHesterPrynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.Throughoutthebook,Hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism,sin,andguilt.Hawthorneisafamousromanticnovelistofthe19thcentury,hewasadeptatusingromanticimagination,symbolism,aplentyofmoralsubjectivecolorandPsychologicalanalysistoexploretheinnerworldofthecharactersandpresentthetheme.InhismasterpieceTheScarletLetter,Hawthornemakesfulladvantagesofthoselanguageskills.Mostimportantly,symbolismisthroughoutthewholenovelandhasvarietiesmeaning.So,Hawthorneisregardedasapioneerofthemodernsymbolismliterary.ThisthesisbrieflyfocusesonanalyzingthosesymbolismsinTheScarletLetter.Symbolismisakindofspeechwhichdependsontheinnerlinkoftwothings,usessomespecificimagestopresentabstractconcepts,thoughtsandemotions.Symbolismplaysaveryimportantroleinliterarywriting.Itbringsaloftysignificancetothearticleandmakesthearticlehaveasubtleandprofoundtheme.ThisthesisconcentratesontheapplicationofsymbolisminTheScarletLetter,whichisregardedasthemajorwritingcharacteristicinthenovel.Wecanfindsymbolisminthechangemeaningof“A”,inthesymbolofthenameofthecharacters,inthemeaningofthescenes.Itisnodoubtthatonlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail,canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.选题的研究现状TheScarletLetteristhefirstnovelofHawthorne,afterthebookadventin1850,Hawthornebecamefameandrecognizedasthemostimportantwriteratthattime.Further,Hawthornecalledhis“romance”as“psychologicalromance”,thisisenoughshowsthatHawthornehadpaidmuchattentiontopsychologicaldescription,thereasonwhyheattachmuchimportancetopsychologicaldescriptionisthat:ononehand,hewasaffectedbythetimesandreligious,confusedwiththespiritandthesoul,hethoughtsincethesoulhavegoodandevil,loveandhate,andhavesins,theyareshouldberevealedsoastopunishingevilandpromotingvirtue,awardingloveandsuppressinghate.Butontheotherhand,people’spsychologicaldependonpeople’sbehavior,ifwenotanalyzethecharacter’spsychologicalwecannotunderstandtheinnerofthecharacter,wewillinevitablyseemedsuperficial.Forreaderswhoareaccustomedtoreadingourtraditionaltechniquestodrawcharacters,theymayfeelThestoryrhythmistooslow,butheistheoriginatoroftheAmericanpsychologicalnovels.Aftersomanyyears,thebookalwaysunderworship,thecriticsneverstoppedconcerningaboutthisnovel.TheScarletLetterisnowrecognizedasanimmortalmasterpieces,Hawthornealsoreceivedahighrating.TheScarletLetterisan1850romanticworkoffictioninahistoricalsetting,writtenbyNathanielHawthorne.Itisconsideredtobehismagnumopus.Setin17th-centuryPuritanBoston,Massachusettsduringtheyears1642to1649,ittellsthestoryofHesterPrynne,whoconceivesadaughterthroughanadulterousaffairandstrugglestocreateanewlifeofrepentanceanddignity.Throughoutthebook,Hawthorneexploresthemesoflegalism,sin,andguilt.Indomestic,manyscholarshavedeeplyresearchedTheScarletLetter,someanalyzedit’sthemefromtheperspectiveofthesocietybackgroundandstoryStructure,somefocustheirresearchonhowwomenpursuingmarriageandamourunderthatsocietysetting,somescholarspayattentiontothesymbolismusedinthenovel,but,amajorityofscholarsputmainenergyonanalyzingthepsychology,character,imageoftheheroandheroininTheScarletLetter,byanalyzingthehumanityofthethreemaincharacters,wecanunderstandtheabominableinfluenceonhumanityresultedfromPuritanism.Inourcountry,therearemanyworksaboutresearchingthescarletletter.Forexample,Hawthorne’sfeministthoughtreflectedonHesterPrynnewrittenbyChengShuHua.PaltielguliIsaac’sworkfromChinesefeministliterarycriticismperspectiveviewHesterPrynne’simageinTheScarletLetter.ForeignscholarshavealongerhistoryinresearchingHawthorne,intheearly1836,ParkerBenjaminpublishedthefirstarticlemadecommenceonHawthorne’sworksontheNewEnglandjournal.In1932,RandallStuarteditedandpublishedHawthorne’sAmericandiary,thispushedtheresearchofHawthornetoahigherclimax.Atthattime,theresearchbegantoinvolveHawthorne’sbeautytheoryandpoliticalpoint.In1976,Americanestablished“researchinstituteofHawthorne”especially,payattentiontoHawthorne’sromanceprinciple.SomehavesuggestedthatTheScarletLetterisfartoodescriptive,tothepointthatthewordsloosemeaning,andthereaderisdesensitizedtothemessagethattheauthoristryingtoconvey.Thisalsocausesthebooktolosepace,andturnoffreaderstoreadingHawthorne’sworkentirely.Whichissomewhatapity,consideringHawthornewasquitetheauthorinwritingshortstories,andpoems.Perhapshefeltheneedtowriteabookonthesubjectbecauseitwaspersonal,however,manyfeelitisashortstorywiththelengthandpaceofagreattome.Hawthorne’sworksreallyaregood,butsomedidfindthatthisbookdidusetoomanywordswhenjust1or2wouldhavebeensufficient.Methinksthat’smorearesultofromanticstylethanitishisindividualwordchoice.Theexcessofwordscanbefoundinotherbooksofthatera,likeFrankenstein(particularlyPercy’sedit)--MaskedSheik,6Januar