从《年轻小伙子布朗》看霍桑的宗教观

Hawthorne’s Religious View As Seen in “Young Goodman Brown”

Abstract

Nathaniel Hawthorne is an outstanding novelist of American Romanticism in the 19th century. His short stories have most important status in American even the literary world. This thesis analyses the religious view in “Young Goodman Brown”. Because of Puritanism influenced Hawthorne greatly. First, this introduces New England Puritanism and its development. Then, Hawthorne unscrambles Brown through A Forest’s trip and A Forest’s party in “Young Goodman Brown”, and he does not only recognize “evil is the nature of mankind” but also experienced the experience of believing to suspecting. Last, this points out Brown’s contradictory religious feelings are Hawthorne’s conflict and confusion actually. In fact, Hawthorne’s contradictions and confusion not only are the conflict of Puritanism but also conflict feelings on Puritan family.

Key Words: Hawthorne; “Young Goodman Brown”; Puritanism; original sin；Religious view

摘  要

纳撒尼尔•霍桑（1804-1806）是19世纪美国影响最大的浪漫主义作家。他的短篇小说不仅在美国而且在世界文坛居有很高的地位。本文通过分析短篇小说《年轻小伙子布朗》来阐释霍桑的宗教观。霍桑的宗教观在很大程度上受到了清教主义的影响，因此首先介绍了新英格兰的清教主义及其发展、演变过程。然后，作者通过对《年轻小伙子布朗》中布朗的“森林之旅”和“魔鬼聚会”的解读，分析了他从信仰到怀疑的心路历程。最后，作者指出：布朗的宗教矛盾实际上也表明了霍桑的宗教困惑，具体说来，霍桑的这种困惑不仅源于他对于“清教”本身的矛盾，而且，也因为他对于自己的清教家族的矛盾心理。

关键词：霍桑、《年轻小伙子布朗》、清教主义、原罪、宗教观

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