3NathanielHawthorne18041864

Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864)l I.Biographical introduction lthe first great A.writer of fiction to work in the moralistic tradition.la puritan family in Salem,Mass.,Puritan familylcollege and made friends with Longfellow and Franklin Pierce.LongfellowPiercelAfter graduation,in seclusion,reading widely lIn 1837 Twiced-told Tales,l1843 Mosses from an Old Manse,l1850 The Scarlet letterl1851 The House of Seven Gables,l1853 The Blithedale Romance lThe Marble Faun lIn 1853,United States consul（领事）at Liverpool for four years.lHe died in 1864.lHis major theme:lthe problems of sin and evil.l Hawthornes ancestors were notorious l“Young Goodman Brown.”la romantic writer:lsubject and setting:the New England regional past,esp.about Puritanism.la psychological insight into moral isolation and human emotion.The Scarlet Letter1.Tell the plot of the novel.2.Hester wears a scarlet letter A.lChillingworth discovers the villain.lDimmesdale:suffers secretly for his sin;lwithers spiritually as well as physically;lconfesses his sin on the public scaffold.Chillingworth withers too.lHester responds to her sin positively,trying her best to help them.lHester sustains all humiliation and proves to be a strong-minded and capable woman.The textlother peoples response in the town to her and the process of her in the pillory;l her appearance;her inner misery.lQuestions:l1.What do you think of the puritanical thinking to peoples behaviors in pa.1?l2.What are those womens attitude to Hester(p.29)?l3.When Hester just comes out of the prison,“she repelled him,by an action.(P.29)”.What does her gesture show of her character?l5.Does Hester feel ashamed of the letter“A”at first?How do you know?Does she feel in this way all the time?P.30l6.How about the letter“A”on her breast?l7.How about Hesters appearance?(p.30)l8.How about her manner?P.30-31.l9.Whats her past?l10.Is it a love story?Why?lDiscussion:l1.Why is the prison the setting of Chapter I and what is the implication of the description of the roses?l2.Describe the appearance of Hester Prynne and the attitude of the people towards her.l3.What has happened to Hester?Why does she make the embroidery of the letter A so elaborate?How does this tell us about her character?lSymbolism:lA movement in literature and the visual art that originated in France in the poetry of Charles Baudelair（波德莱尔）（波德莱尔）in the late 19th century.lIn literature,symbolism was an aesthetic movement that encouraged writers to express their ideas,feelings and values by means of symbols or suggestions rather than direct statements.lFrench poet Charles Baudelaire(1821-1867):lFlower of Evil.lSymbolism in the novel:lEg.Dimmesdalel ChillingworthlThe letter“A”:adultery:a token of shame;l able:the genuine sympathy and help she offers to her fellow villagers;langel:“A”appears in the sky.lHis style:(casual)1.Short sentences 2.Interruption of the flow of thoughts by his explanations 3.Use of Parallelism&paradox4.Full of epigrammatic(警句的）警句的）qualitylPreview Moby Dick:l1.What about sailors feeling to Moby Dick?l2.How about its appearance?(p.40)l3.What is the history of Ahab being hurt(p.40)?l4.Whats Ahabs decision to deal with Moby Dick?