《红字》中的谜团与霍桑的法律前瞻意识  

Hawthorne’s Legal Foresight Revealed Through the Mysteries in The Scarlet Letter

作　　者：齐卓然 王莉[1] QI Zhuoran;WANG Li(College of Foreign Languages,Qufu Normal University,Qufu 273165,China)

机构地区：[1]曲阜师范大学外国语学院,山东曲阜273165

出　　处：《济宁学院学报》2022年第5期57-62,共6页Journal of Jining University

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目“基于欧美游客认知调查的儒家文化对外传播路径研究”(19YJA860018)。

摘　　要：含混是《红字》的重要特点,由此学界在作品的理解方面产生了几个谜团:海斯特的重罪轻罚、齐灵渥斯的“被丑化”、珠儿的“被美化”以及丁梅斯代尔坦白后的死亡。从法律视角分析这些谜团,会发现霍桑在故布疑阵,以引起人们对美国殖民地时期法律不完善的关注和女性在丈夫失踪后身陷婚姻牢笼的同情。对海斯特的重罪轻罚等情节安排体现了霍桑对妇女运动发展趋势和未来法律完善的预测,符合现代法律“以人为本”的理念,具有极强的法律前瞻意识。Ambiguity is an important feature of The Scarlet Letter,hence several mysteries in the understanding of the works: Hester’s light punishment for her felony, Chillingworth’s “being uglified”,Pearl’s “being beautified” and Dimmesdale’s death after confession. An analysis of these mysteries from a legal point of view reveals that Hawthorne is trying to cast doubt on the inadequacies of American colonial law and the plight of women trapped in marriage after the disappearance of their husbands. The arrangement of Hester’s light punishment for felony and other mysteries reflects Hawthorne’s prediction of the trend of feminist movement and the perfection of future laws, which is in line with “people-oriented” concept of modern law and shows strong sense of legal foresight.

关 键 词：《红字》 谜团 法律前瞻意识 

分 类 号：I106.4[文学—世界文学]