2018商務(wù)英語論文開題報告

2018商務(wù)英語論文開題報告題目symbolisminthescarletletter

選題依據(jù)及研究意義

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.

選題的研究現(xiàn)狀

thescarletletteristhefirstnovelofhawthorne,afterthebookadventin1850,hawthornebecamefameandrecognizedasthemostimportantwriteratthattime.further,hawthornecalledhis“romance”as“psychologicalromance”,thisisenoughshowsthatbychengshuhua.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,6januaryXX(utc).

contrarytowhatsomebelieve,thisisagoodbook,ithinkitisfineinthemethodsofdescriptions,thoughiwillagreethatattimesyoudogetboredwithit.thenagain,everybookhasit’slessinterestingparts.ifyouliketofigureoutsymbolismoryouliketoseehowpeoplereactincertainsituations,psychology,itisinteresting.oryoumightreaditduetothesimplefactthatitisrequiredforschool.irrelevantofwhetheryouguysthinkthatthisbookisgoodornot,thecriticismsectionneedsreferences.perhapsincludingarticlesofliterarycritics,orsomeotherdocumentedcriticismofthenovel,justsaying“thisisagoodbook”doesn’tnegatetheneedforsuchasection,andsaying“somehavesuggested”isborderingonweaselwords.let’suseactualcitations,notourownopinions.althoughipersonallyagreethatthisbooksucks,iagreewiththecommentabove.ifthearticlecontainsanyopinions(whichisdebatablewhetheritshould),theymustbebalanced,andbefromcrediblesources.(wikipedia:describingpointsofview).

mostreviewersgavehawthorne’snovelhighpraiseatthetimeofitspublication.everta.duyckinck,oneofthemostinfluentialcriticsofhisday,calledthetalea“psychologicalromance”,astudyofcharacterinwhichthehumanheartisanatomized,carefully,elaborately,andwithstrikingpoeticanddramaticpower.healsopraisedhawthorne’sdeparturefromtheoverlyornatewritingstylepopularatthetime,whichdisplayed“artificeandeffortattheexpenseofnatureandease.”duyckinck’sreviewwassupportedbymostwesternscholars.(wikipedia:neutralpointofview)

擬研究的主要內(nèi)容和思路

thescarletletterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelinamericanliterature.wecanfindsymbolismthroughoutthewholenovelandhavevarietiesmeaning,suchasthesymbolof“a”,thesymbolofthecharacter’sname,thesymbolofdifferentscenes,onlybyanalyzingthosesymbolismindetail,canwehaveaoverallsenseofthethemeandgetabetterunderstandingofsymbolism.thisthesismainlyinvolvesfollowingtopics:

1.introductiononhawthorneandthescarletletter.

introductiononhawthorne.

introductiononthescarletletter.

introductiononthethemeofthescarletletter.

2.introductiononsymbolism.

definitionofsymbolism.

characteristicsofsymbolism.

polysemy

uncertainty

3.theusageofsymbolisminthescarletletter.

thesymbolof“a”.

“a”standsfor“adultery”

“a”standsfor“alienation”

“a”standsfor“able”

“a”standsfor“angel”

thesymbolofthecharacters.

hesterprynne

arthurdimmsdale

rogerchillingworth

pearl

thesymbolofthescenes.

thescaffold

thejailandthetomb

thevalley

4.conclusion

研究的創(chuàng)新點(diǎn)及重、難點(diǎn)

thisthesislaystheemphasisonanalyzingsymbolismusedinthescarletletter.asweallknown,thescarletletterisregardedasthefirstsymbolismnovelintheamericanliterature,therearevarietiesofsymbolisminthestory,suchasthesymbolof“a”,thesymbolofthecharactersname,thesymbolofdifferentscenes.

amongthem,itisdifficulttounderstandthesymbolof“a”,because“a”variesconstantlywiththedevelopmentoftheplot,andtheyareoftenemergedinthecriticalperiodoftheplot’sdevelopment.

besides,thisthesisisontheuniquepositiontorevealthesymbolismofthescenes,whichisveryinnovative.throughoutthewholenovel,therearedifferentscenes,carryingdifferentmeanings,thoughtheyhaveprofoundsymbolism,theyrarelybediscussed.thisthesistryingtomakeupfortheshortageinthisaspect.

研究進(jìn)程安排

december20-january16:posingquestionsoftheresearchandcollectingmaterials

january17-february28:analyzingthematerialsandwritinganoutline

march7-march27:completingthefirstdraftandseekingthesupervisor’sadvice

march28-