The-House-of-the-Seven-G教学讲解课件

TheHouseoftheSevenGables《七个尖角阁的房子》

纳撒尼尔·霍桑Presentedby:张媛媛，韩宇琦Novels:ThescarletletterTheHouseofSevenGablesTheBlithedaleRomanceTheMarbleFaunNotreDamedeParisCologneCathedralMilanCathedralWestminsterAbbeyBackgroundinformation：Thegermofthestorysprangfromtheauthor’sfamilyhistory.OneofNathanielHawthorne’sancestorswasJudgeHathorne,whopresidedatnotorious.Salemwitchtrialsandwasputunderacursebythehusbandofoneoftheconvictedwitches.ThespellingofthefamilynameremainedHathorneuntilyoungNathanielinsertedthe“w”.Introduceaboutbook：First

published

in

1851,

The

House

of

the

Seven

Gables

is

one

of

Hawthorne‘s

defining

works,

a

vivid

depiction

of

American

life

and

values

replete

with

brilliantly

etched

characters.

The

tale

of

a

cursed

house

with

a

"mysterious

and

terrible

past"

and

the

generations

linked

to

it,

Hawthorne's

chronicle

of

the

Maule

and

Pyncheon

families

over

two

centuries

reveals,

in

Mary

Oliver's

words,

"lives

caught

in

the

common

fire

of

history."品钦家族摩尔家族

第一个时期上校品钦马修·摩尔第二个时期哲维斯·品钦、女儿爱丽丝木匠·摩尔第三个时期法官品钦、海兹芭·品钦、克里夫菲比·品钦赫格拉夫主要人物：几代人的恩怨ThehouseoftheSevenGables上校品钦马修·摩尔传播巫术的罪名诅咒哲维斯品钦木匠摩尔爱丽斯贪婪自私冷酷无情为得地契，献女儿催眠术，控制折磨法官品钦菲比·品钦赫格拉夫仁爱理论VS控制理论爱情万岁Outline:TheColonel,undaunted,continuestobuildanextravaganthouseonMaule’sproperty.Afterthehouseisfinished,however,theColonelisfounddead,andthepropertydeed契据ismissing.Morethan200yearslater,wemeetthefamilyinitsdecaying,gabledmansion宅邸,stillhauntedbythepresenceofdeadancestors:《尖角阁》讲述了两个家族——品钦家族及摩尔家族几代人的恩怨纠结。第一代的恩怨集中于上校品钦和马修·摩尔之间。《尖角阁》讲述了两个家族——品钦家族及摩尔家族几代人的恩怨纠结。第一代的恩怨集中于上校品钦和马修·摩尔之间。上校品钦因贪图得到摩尔家的一块地皮，将马修·摩尔以巫师的罪名处以绞刑。据说临死之前，摩尔给品钦家族下了咒语，即品钦家的男性族长都将死于非命。最终上校品钦得到了地皮，在上面盖起了七个尖角阁的房子，竣工庆祝的当天他本人却在众目睽睽之下暴死。之后的品钦家几代人中确实有好几个男性族长死于中风。一百五十多年过去了，带有七个尖角阁的房子还高高耸立着，而品钦家的境况却与从前风光之时大相径庭。ThewealthyColonelPyncheoncovets（觊觎）thecarpenterMathewMaule’sland.Afewyearslater,duringthewitchhysteria歇斯底里inSalem,Mauleisbroughtbeforeajudgeonwitchcraftchargesandissentenced宣判todeath.Beforehisexecution,MaulecursesthePyncheonfamily.《七个尖角阁的老宅》又名《七个尖角阁的房子》，借用家族诅咒这一古老的哥特传统，描写了品钦家族因祖上谋财害命而使后代遭到报应的故事。小说对七角阁老宅的描绘，处处充满着象征意义。老宅里与街道的对比是黑暗与光明的对比，老宅里表示过去、死亡、束缚和与世隔绝；街道上则象征着现在、生命、自由和现实。七角阁老宅处在形形色色的阴影之中，这些阴影象征着各种罪恶。从那张模糊不清、沾满灰尘的地图可以看到品钦法官的贪婪，从那张褪色了的画像中可以看到上校的冷酷和邪恶，从那架黑色的、样子像具棺材的大键琴上可以看到家族的傲慢。Writingtechniques:GothicOriginalsinHorrorSymbolismmoralizationSymbolismsinthenovel:House----past---rightandwealth

----now---prisonGarden----spring----past---purity,sweet

---now---thesymbolofrevenge

flowers---past—fadenow—flourish

PortraitofColonelPyncheon----thedemonofguiltthathauntsthePyncheonhouse.Ancestralchair----Maule'scurseHarpsichord(大键琴)----coffin对比：thedarkfrontofthehousethesunnystreet.death,past,separatefromsocietyinthehousePresent,life,freedomandrealityinthe