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- Title
A Brief Study on the Symbolic Meaning of the Main Characters' Name in The Scarlet Letter.
- Authors
Nan Lei
- Abstract
As a great romantic novelist in American literature in the 19th century and a central figure in the American Renaissance, Nathaniel Hawthorne is outstanding for his skillful employment of symbolism and powerful psychological insight. The Scarlet Letter, which is considered to be the greatest accomplishment of American short story and is often viewed as the first American symbolic and psychological novel, makes Nathaniel Hawthorne win incomparable position in American literature. With a brief introduction into The Scarlet Letter and a brief study on the two literary terms, i.e. symbol and symbolism, the paper attempts to expound Hawthorne's skillful employment of symbolism in his masterpiece through the analysis of the symbolic meaning of the main characters' name in this great novel.
- Subjects
SCARLET Letter, The (Book : Hawthorne); LITERARY characters; NOVELISTS; 19TH century American literature; AMERICAN Renaissance (Literary movement); HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
- Publication
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 2015, Vol 5, Issue 10, p2164
- ISSN
1799-2591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17507/tpls.0510.26