美国文学选读课程论文AnAnalysisofthebookTheBlithedaleRomance浅析《福谷传奇》院（系）名称外国语学院专业名称英语学生姓名刘月莹学生学号1201200176课程教师张玮艳2015年6月20日AnAnalysisofthebookTheBlithedaleRomanceAuthor:LiuYueyingTutor:ZhangWeiyanAbstractTheBlithedaleRomanceisNathanielHawthorne'sthirdmajorromance.InHawthorne,HenryJamescalledit"thelightest,thebrightest,theliveliest"ofHawthorne's"unhumorousfictions."Atfirst,Iwillintroducetheauthorofthebook.Thesecond,Iwilldescribetheplotsummary,majorcharacters,contemporaryandmoderncriticism.Atlast,Iwillintroducethesymbols,thestyleofthebook.Keywords:TheBlithedaleRomance,Unhumorousfictions，Style浅析《福谷传奇》摘要《福谷传奇》是纳撒尼尔·霍桑的第三本浪漫主义小说。在霍桑非幽默性小说中，亨利·詹姆斯称它为最富有生机，最辉煌，最光明的小说。首先，本文将会介绍本书的作者。其次，本文会从本书的情节概述，主要人物，现当代的批判性展开论述。最后，本文将会分析文中的象征意义和本书的写作风格。关键词：《福谷传奇》，非幽默性作品，风格1AnAnalysisofthebookTheBlithedaleRomance1AuthorNathanielHawthornewasanAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter.Hewasbornin1804inSalem,Massachusetts,toNathanielHathorneandtheformerElizabethClarkeManning.HisancestorsincludeJohnHathorne,theonlyjudgeinvolvedintheSalemwitchtrialswhoneverrepentedofhisactions.Nathaniellateraddeda"w"tomakehisname"Hawthorne"inordertohidethisrelation.HeenteredBowdoinCollegein1821,waselectedtoPhiBetaKappain1824,andgraduatedin1825.Hawthornepublishedhisfirstwork,anoveltitledFanshawe,in1828;helatertriedtosuppressit,feelingitwasnotequaltothestandardofhislaterwork.Hepublishedseveralshortstoriesinvariousperiodicals,whichhecollectedin1837asTwice-ToldTales.Thenextyear,hebecameengagedtoSophiaPeabody.HeworkedataCustomHouseandjoinedBrookFarm,atranscendentalistcommunity,beforemarryingPeabodyin1842.ThecouplemovedtoTheOldManseinConcord,Massachusetts,latermovingtoSalem,theBerkshires,thentoTheWaysideinConcord.TheScarletLetterwaspublishedin1850,followedbyasuccessionofothernovels.ApoliticalappointmenttookHawthorneandfamilytoEuropebeforetheirreturntoTheWaysidein1860.HawthornediedonMay19,1864,andwassurvivedbyhiswifeandtheirthreechildren.MuchofHawthorne'swritingcentersonNewEngland,manyworksfeaturingmoralallegorieswithaPuritaninspiration.HisfictionworksareconsideredpartoftheRomanticmovementand,morespecifically,Darkromanticism.Histhemesoftencenterontheinherentevilandsinofhumanity,andhisworksoftenhavemoralmessagesanddeeppsychologicalcomplexity.Hispublishedworksincludenovels,shortstories,andabiographyofhisfriendFranklinPierce.22Thebook2.1PlotsummaryThestorytakesplaceprimarilyintheutopiancommunityofBlithedale,presumablyinthemid-1800s.Themaincharacter,MilesCoverdale,embarksonaquestforthebettermentoftheworldthroughtheagrarianlifestyleandcommunityoftheBlithedaleFarm.ThestorybeginswithaconversationbetweenCoverdaleandOldMoodie,acharacterwhoreappearsthroughoutthestory.ThelegendofthemysteriousVeiledLadyisintroduced;sheisapopularclairvoyantwhodisappearsunannouncedfromthesocialscene.CoverdalethenmakesthevoyagetoBlithedale,whereheisintroducedtosuchcharactersasZenobiaandMr.andMrs.SilasFoster.AttheirfirstcommunitydinnertheyareinterruptedbythearrivalofHollingsworth,apreviousacquaintanceofCoverdale's,whoiscarryingafrail,palegirl.ThoughHollingsworthbelievesthegirl(whoseageisneverclarified)isanexpectedguest,noneoftheBlithedalecitizensrecogni...