霍桑 作品特点
作品特点
描写社会和人性的阴暗面是霍桑作品的突出特点。霍桑是心理小说的开创者，擅长剖析人的“内心”。他着重探讨道德和罪恶的问题，主张通过善行和自忏来洗刷罪恶、净化心灵，从而得到拯救。然而霍桑并非全写黑暗，他在揭露社会罪恶和人的劣根性的同时，对许多善良的主人公寄予极大的同情。霍桑对美国文学的发展做出了很大的贡献。
霍桑的作品想象丰富、结构严谨。他除了进行心理分析与描写外，还运用了象征主义手法。他的构思精巧的意象，增添了作品的浪漫色彩，加深了寓意。但他的作品中也不乏神秘晦涩之处。
Nathaniel hawthorne is an american novelist in 19th century.The significant feature of his works is the description of society and the dark sides of the human nature.Hawthorne is the creator of the psychological novel and good at analysing people's minds.He emphasized to discuss the issues of moral and crime,insist on washing off the guilt by welldoing and self-repentance to obtain the rescue.However,hawthorne did't all describe the dark sides.At the meantime,when he revealed the social crime and human's deep-rooted bad habits,he also gave much sympathy to those main characters who are virtuous.Hawthorne made the significant contribution to the development of American literature.Hawthorne's works are full of ideality and the structures are strict.He did not only analyse the psychology,but also utilized symbolism.His delicate design of image increased the works' romance,deepened the moral.However,his works are also not lacking in mysteries.