Narrative Voices and Theme in The House of the Seven Gables

Under the instruction of the author's own confession in the preface of The House of the Seven Gables, it's easy for readers and critics to take the theme of this novel as past and present, stasis and change, aristocracy and democracy, and then to unfavor?ably judge Pycheon siblings, the representatives of the former, by Holgrave, that of the latter. However, by using two narrative voic?es simultaneously in the novel, an intradiegeitic one and an extradeigetic one, Hawthorne actually reveals his equal disapproval of both the Pycheon siblings and Holgrave. In the intradiegetic narrative, the narrative voice as a whole takes its side with Holgrave and reveals Pycheon siblings'isolation from the united struggle of mankind. In the extradiegetic narrative where the narrator ad?dresses directly to his readers, the narrator expresses a similar disapproval of Holgrave, who is equally isolated from the chain of hu?manity for lacking sympathy for his fellow beings. With the co-existence of two narrative voices, Hawthorne's true concern lies in calling attention to the equally dangerous situations of isolation from the chain of humanity:an isolation from the chain of progress and that of human sympathy.     

弗罗斯特“隐秘性”思想与中国古典诗论中“含蓄”美之比较

美国现代诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗歌以"简单而深邃"著称。弗罗斯特能够由简单而抵达深邃的关键在于他的"隐秘性"的创作思想。弗罗斯特的"隐秘性"思想与中国古典诗论中讲究"含蓄"的创作美学,不仅在文本表现策略上有相似之处,在审美上也有相近的超语言的美学追求。     

弗罗斯特隐秘性诗学的表现策略

美国现代诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特能够在诗歌中由简单而抵达深邃的关键在于他选择了介于浪漫主义的直抒胸臆与现代主义的间接隐晦之间的一种诗歌表现策略——“隐秘性”。本文通过分析弗罗斯特的《雪夜林边停留》一诗,论证了弗罗斯特在“隐秘性”思想的指导下所采用的“引而不发,含而不尽”的表现策略如何实现了弗罗斯特简单而深邃的诗歌特色。