Nathaniel Hawthorne 1美國文學4班第三組

1、Nathaniel Hawthorneand Dr. Heideggers Experiment By: 10070710418李李 霞霞 10070710419劉艷艷劉艷艷 10070710420姚姚 艷艷 10070710421吳曉璐吳曉璐 10070710422徐徐 迪迪 Life story Career WorksNathaniel HawthorneProfession: novelist, short story writer Born: July 4, 1804 Salem, Mass. USADied: May 19, 1864 Plymouth, NH, USAHawtho

2、rnes life Early life1.Childhood2.College time Marriage and family1.wife: Sophia Peabody2.Life in he Wayside andEurope Later lifeFailing health and deathHawthornes Career Early Career (short story writer)1836 custom house1839 weighter and gaoger1841 transcendentalist Utopian at Brook Farm Middle year

3、s1846 custom house1853 United States consul in Liverpool Twilight yearsnovelist Hawthornes WorksNovels-romances 1850 Scarlet Letter紅字紅字 1851 The House of the Seven Gables 帶有七個尖角閣的房子帶有七個尖角閣的房子 1852 The Blithedale Romance福谷傳奇福谷傳奇 1860 The Marble Faun玉石雕像玉石雕像Short stories 1837 Twice-Told Tales 重講一遍的故事重

4、講一遍的故事 1843 Mosses from an Old Manse 古宅青苔古宅青苔Melancholy Old Creatures Dr. HeideggerMr. Medbourne Widow WycherlyMr. GascoigneColonel KilligrewMr. Medbourne The Once Vigorous Mr. Medbourne now little better than a mendicant. Involved in the calculation Intermingled a project After drinking the Fountai

5、n of YouthMr. Gascoigne a politician whose career was cut short Ruined, infamous then obscure Rattling forth patriotism Muttering perilous stuff Speaking in measured accentsAfter drinking the Fountain of YouthColonel Killigrew Having many different sexual partners and sinful pleasures Jolly singing

6、Courting the rejuvenated Widow WycherlyAfter drinking the Fountain of YouthWidow Wycherly formerly a great beauty loved by the three gentlemen Living in deep seclusion Examining before the mirror Courtesying , simpering , appreciating After drinking the Fountain of Youth Interest in the supernatural Use of symbolism Rose, mirror, butterfly Disenchanted view of human nature Would you live your life differently if you could live it over?Several sides of Hawthornes writing Disenchanted view of human nature Interest in the supernatur