每一部优秀的文学作品的整体张力的效果都是由各个层面的文学张力的平衡体汇聚而成。霍桑的《年轻的古德曼·布朗》处处体现着“文学张力”的作用,小说在对立状态中互相抗衡映衬,使得小说内涵丰富,意蕴无穷。本文试图从主人公布朗内心的冲突矛盾以及与妻子的关系两方面探讨小说的角色张力,揭示角色张力在文学作品中的艺术效果。 The effect of the overall tension of each excellent literary work is brought together by the balance of literary tensions at all levels. Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” embodies the role of “literary tension ”. The novel contends against each other in the opposite state, making the novel rich in connotation and rich in meaning. This article attempts to explore the role tension of the novel from the contradictions and conflicts between the protagonist Brown and his wife, revealing the artistic effect of role tension in literary works.