| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| ·Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Major Works | 第10-17页 |
| ·Significance and Structure of This Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Puritanism and Transcendentalism Influence upon Hawthorne'sWriting | 第20-28页 |
| ·Puritanism Influence | 第20-25页 |
| ·Transcendentalism Influence | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Hawthorne and the Romance | 第28-40页 |
| ·Development of Romance | 第28-33页 |
| ·Hawthorne's View on Romance | 第33-36页 |
| ·Reasons for Hawthorne's Calling His Work Romance rather than Novel | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Symbolism | 第40-73页 |
| ·Features of Hawthorne's Distinctive Symbolism | 第40-42页 |
| ·Origins of Hawthorne's Preference to Symbolism | 第42-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Hawthorne's Symbolism | 第44-73页 |
| ·Central Symbols | 第45-53页 |
| ·Letter "A" | 第45-50页 |
| ·The House | 第50-53页 |
| ·Auxiliary Symbols | 第53-73页 |
| ·Characters | 第53-66页 |
| ·Natural Objects | 第66-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Psychological Description | 第73-88页 |
| ·Features of Hawthorne's Psychological Description | 第73-75页 |
| ·Origins of Hawthorne's Psychological Description | 第75-76页 |
| ·Main Characters' Psychological Description | 第76-88页 |
| ·Characters in The Scarlet Letter | 第76-81页 |
| ·Characters in The House of the Seven Gables | 第81-88页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第88-92页 |
| Works Cited | 第92-96页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第96页 |
