从霍桑的《红字》看红色在英汉文化中的不同象征含义

SymbolicDifferencesofColor“Red”inEnglishandChineseCulturesfromNathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter从霍桑的《红字》看红色在英汉文化中的不同象征含义VConclusionTosumup,EnglishandChineseunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningof"red"aredifferent,andthesedifferencesrepresentthedevelopmentofEnglishandChineseculture.Therefore,thestudyofcolorwordscanexplorethedifferenthistoricalbackgroundofEnglishandChineseculture,nationalcustomsandvalueorientationandlanguageexpression.WiththeextensiveanddeepcommunicationbetweenChineseandEnglishculture,theanalysisofdominantculturalphenomenaofcolorwordswillhavefar-reachingsignificanceandinfluenceonculturalcommunication.Iwrote5partstoanalyzesymbolicdifferencesofcolor“red”inEnglishandChinesecultures.Thefirstpartisliteraturereviewofthispaper.ItexplainedwhyIquotethesereferences.Howthesereferencescanhelpme.ThesecondpartintroducesthefamousbookTheScarletLetter.Itisconsistedbytheauthorthemeplotsymbolismandred’ssymbolismofTheScarletLetter.ThispartcangivereaderaclearimpressionofthisbookespeciallysomereaderswhoneverknowTheScarletLetter.Therearesymbolsinit.Thethirdpartistalkingaboutcolorred’sdifferentmeaningsinEnglishandChinesecultures.themostimportantpartofthiswholepaperisthelastpart.Thereisacontrastofred’ssymbolicmeaningsinEnglishandChinesecultures.Thelastpartpointsoutinthesameconditionredhasthecontrarysymbolicmeaningsindifferentculturesandexplainswhyredhasmanydifferentsymbolicmeanings.Differentculturebackgroundsdifferentculturebackgroundsdifferentcustomshabitsanddifferentlanguageandwordmeaningsallinfectsymbolismmeaningofcolor“red’’..IfindredsymbolizestotallydifferentmeaningsinandChineseandEnglishcultures.oneispositiveandtheotherisnegativemeaning.InEnglishandChineseCultures,redalsohastotallydifferentmeaningsintheoneconditioninpoliticalpart.Therearealsosomereasonsofit.Forexample,differentculturebackgroundshabitsanddifferentlanguageandwordmeanings.Inthispaperhassomedisadvantages.Mylanguageexpressionisnotveryvividandclearthatcan’tgiveauthoraperfectreadingenvironment.Ishouldtrymybesttoenhancemyself.SuchasreadingmoreEnglishbooksandlisteningmoretoimprovemyskillofwriting.AndIfindafewreasonsofthesymbolicdifferencesofcolor“red”.Mysummaryskillisnotverywell.Ishouldsummarizetheseinformation.IhopeIcanmakemuchprogressafterIfinishedthispaper.References[1]Allan,Keith.2007.TheConnotationofEnglishColorTermsColor-BasedX-phemisms.[J]JournalofPragmatics41(8):626-637[2]A,Nida,&Eugene.1998.Language,CultureandTranslating[M],Shanghai:ShanghaiForeignEducationPress,[3]Anna,Wierzbicka.2009.

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