文档介绍：1 关于霍桑作品的基本主题论文联盟。 Abstract : Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s whole life is perplexed by human bEings ’ sin and evil. His deep-rooted consciousness of Puritanism is shown in his works, and these extraordinary works have a similar theme, namely, the process from the original sin to redemption. In the first part of this paper, the author discusses the basic theme represented in Hawthorne ’s short stories including Young Goodman Brown, The Minister ’s Black VEIl, Egotism or the Bosom Serpent, Roger Melvin ’s Burial and his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter. Moreover, the author summarizes discrepancies among these five works although they have mon subject of sin. The second part focuses on the reasons why Nathaniel Hawthorne chooses such a basic theme. Hawthorne isa descendant of the Puritans and lives ina Puritan town, so the Puritan heritage plays a large part in his life and literary works. And the theme is influenced by his family life as well as his own hermit life. Furthermore, the frequent recollection of his sinful ancestors urges Hawthorne to set such a gloomy basic theme. And the last reason is to moralize people to get away from sinful 2 behavior. In the last part of this paper, the author illuminates the significance of Hawthorne ’s basic theme. The whole paper is aimed at helping readers to better understand and appreciate Hawthorne ’s works. Key words: basic theme, sin, expiation, redemption, Puritan, Calvinism 论文摘要: 纳撒尼尔霍桑是美国 19 世纪影响最伟大的浪漫主义小说家, 同时又是一个深受新英格兰清教传统影响的作家。他多以加尔文教派的善恶观念来认识社会和整个世界,几乎倾其一生致力于探讨人性中的罪恶这一问题。他的作品反应了他根深蒂固的清教主义思想, 因此很多作品都表现了一个相似的基本主题——原罪- 赎罪- 救赎。该论文的第一部分以霍桑的五部作品为例-- 《好人布朗》、《胸中的蛇》、《教长的黑面纱》、《罗杰麦文的葬礼》、以及最著名的《红字》—来探讨他的上述基本主题, 并归纳出这五部作品的精神意义。论文的第二部分通过霍桑家乡的所在地, 家庭背景, 和霍桑祖先的行为分析了霍桑选择这一主题的原因和清教徒迫害异端的事件对霍桑的思想所产生的深刻影响。而在最后一部分, 论文阐释了霍桑这一基本主题的社会意义和人文意义。霍桑的作品中渗透着加尔文教派中关于“原罪”、“彻 3 底堕落”等教义的观念”,略显隐晦难懂,本论文的目的在于帮助读者更好的理解和欣赏霍桑的作品及其意义。论文关键词: 基本主题原罪悔罪救赎清教加尔文教 Nathaniel Hawthorne “ Rode His Dark Horse of the Night ”( Long, 406) —— on the basic theme of Hawthorne ’s