《红字》叙事时距中的人格斗争

The Personality Conflict in The Scarlet Letter from the Narratological Duration Perspective

摘要: 本文从叙事时距理论出发，结合弗洛伊德精神分析理论，阐释纳撒尼尔•霍桑的《红字》的时距变换对于展现丁梅斯代尔人格斗争的作用。当主人公深陷本我的控制、超我的折磨与自我的毁灭时，叙述时间被巧妙地拉长或缩短，五种时距形式交替地出现在叙述中，完整地展现了丁梅斯代尔的心理变化和人格斗争的过程，全面刻画了人物的性格和命运。

Abstract: From the perspective of narratological duration theory and Freud’s psychoanalysis theory, this thesis explores the significance of the changing duration in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter for the display of Dimmesdale’s personality struggle. When this protagonist was trapped in the ID’s control, super-ego’s torture and self’s destruction, the narrative time is ingeniously lengthened or shortened with five forms of duration used alternatively in the novel, which completely shows the psychological change and the process of personality struggle of Dimmesdale, and comprehensively depicts the personality and destiny of the character.