The Aesthetic Interpretation Of The Evil Theme In Hawthorne's Novels

Among the themes of Hawthorne's works,the theme of evil has gradually become an important one.This paper,taking the evil theme novels in Hawthorne's works as the research object,makes an aesthetic interpretation of Hawthorne's evil theme novels through text reading in the aspects of religion,psychology and aesthetics,and aims to excavate the aesthetic value and significance of Hawthorne's evil theme.The full text is divided into five parts:The first part is the introduction.It mainly introduces the research status of Hawthorne's evil theme both at home and abroad,and explains the research significance of choosing this thesis.The research literature on Hawthorne has been voluminous,but the literature on aesthetic interpretation of Hawthorne's evil novels is rare.Hawthorne plays a role of warning by displaying the horror of evil.The writing of evil contains a spirit of facing good to beauty,punishing evil and promoting good.The horror and grotesque in evil novels are very similar to gothic novels,which have some aesthetic characteristics of gothic novels.Evil novels are closely connected with religion,especially Christianity,therefore,which have some aesthetic characteristics of religious literature.Evil novels themselves have a strong aesthetic implication and purification function,which can cultivate an upward and free personality force.The second part mainly analyzes the causes and classification of the evil theme in Hawthorne's novels.Starting with the theme of evil,first of all,the paper defines the important concept of “evil” form three aspects,that is,religious theology interpretation,secular interpretation and aesthetic interpretation.Secondly,the paper combs and summarizes the causes of Hawthorne's evil theme,and mainly analyzes Hawthorne's personal growth experience and social influence.Finally,the paper not only sorts out the existing classification of different themes of evil in the academic world,but also divides them into the sin of religion,the dark reality of the society and the evil of human nature according to the different contents pointed out by Hawthorne.Through the discussion of the causes and classification of the evil themes in Hawthorne's novels,we have a clear understanding of the evil themes that appeared in Hawthorne's novels,and paved the way for exploring the appearance of the evil theme and appreciating the beauty and value of the evil theme later.The third part mainly discusses the way of presentation of the evil theme in Hawthorne's novels,which analyzes the four aspects respectively,that is,the plot design,the characterization,the environment description and the use of rhetoric.The plot design is mainly discussed in combination with the “U” structure,and characterization is focused on the analysis and discussion of the contradiction and conflicts between the characters,especially the contradictions of the self under the evil.The environment description mainly analyzes the aspects of time and space,and focuses on the analysis of some types and typical times and spaces.In terms of rhetoric application,this paper mainly expounds two very prominent techniques: irony and symbolism.The aesthetic value and significance of the evil theme appeared in the presentation of Hawthorne's evil theme.The fourth part discusses the value and significance of the research on the evil theme in Hawthorne's novels,and mainly discusses the aspects of the aesthetic vale of the research on the evil theme and the significance of the research on the evil theme.The aesthetic value of the research on the evil theme is mainly analyzed from the gothic elements and the tragedies flavor in the works of the evil theme.Meanwhile,the guilt,pain,pleasure and beauty of the evil theme are summarized.When discussing the significance of the evil theme,this paper mainly takes the process of the metamorphosis of the character's soul as the vein,and analyzes the importance of the evil for people to know the world,to make the adjustment and to complete the moral growth,and explains the influence of the creation of the evil theme on Hawthorne.The emphasis of this paper is to discuss the aesthetic value and the significance of the research on the subject of evil.It is also the innovation and key point of this paper.In this part,the aesthetic value and significance of the research on the theme of evil are vividly displayed.The last part is the conclusion of the thesis,which summarizes the research contents of the thesis and reaffirms the value of the aesthetic interpretation of Hawthorne's evil theme.Through the analysis of the causes of evil in Hawthorne's novels,the description of the types of evil and the description of the ways in which evil is presented,we understand that the aesthetic value and significance of the theme of evil are enormous,and it is necessary to carry out the aesthetic interpretation of the theme of evil.