Abstract

Hawthorne called his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter as “ Psychology Romance”, he paid much attention to the psychological description. So this thesis will research the psychological description in The Scarlet Letter from direct description and indirect description and divide the two kinds of descriptions into different parts to illustrate the unique effects of the psychological description to the novel.

Key words: Hawthorne; psychological description; direct description; indirect description;

摘要

霍桑称他的杰作《红字》为“心理罗曼史”，他花费许多注意力在心理描写上。因此，本篇论文将从直接描写和间接描写两个角度研究《红字》中的心理描写，并且将这两种描写分成不同的部分去阐述心理描写对于小说的独特作用。

关键词：霍桑；心理描写；直接描写；间接描写