象征主义文学起源于19世纪中期的法国,后来扩及到整个欧美国家。纳撒尼尔·霍桑是19世纪后期美国著名的浪漫主义和心理小说家的杰出代表,也是美国文学的奠基人之一,其代表作《Young Goodman Brown》就属于“心之寓言”部分的短篇小说,在这部作品中他将象征主义的表现手法发挥到了极致。 Symbolism literature originated in France in the mid-19th century, and later spread to the entire European and American countries. Nathaniel Hawthorne was an outstanding representative of the famous American romanticism and psychology novelist in the late 19th century and one of the founders of American literature. His masterpiece “Young Goodman Brown” belongs to the “Allegory of the Heart” part Short story, in which he exemplifies symbolism expression.