Edgar A. Poe.ppt

1、Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849),Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849),life,Literary Achievements (1) fictions: collected in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque荒誕奇異的故事 -The Fall of the House Usher厄舍古屋的倒塌 -Black Cat黑貓 -The Tell-Tale Heart泄密的心 -Ligeia麗姬婭 -The Oval Portrait橢圓形畫像 -The Cask of Amontillado一桶白葡萄酒 -The Mas

2、que of the Red Death紅色死亡的化妝舞會(huì) -William Wilson威廉威爾遜 -The Purloined Letter被盜的信 -The Murders in the Rue Morgue莫格街兇殺案 -The Premature Burial提前埋葬 -Berenice貝瑞尼斯,(2) poems - Raven烏鴉 -Annabel Lee安娜貝爾麗 -To Helen致海倫 -To Science致科學(xué),(3) critical essays -The Poetic Principle詩歌原理 -The Philosophy of Composition創(chuàng)作哲學(xué)

3、 - Review of Twice-Told Tales評(píng)霍桑的故事重述,Principles in Poetry Writing Poe defined poetry as “The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty”,1) subject matter(主題) - beauty is the basic subject of a poem - beauty reaches hits highest level when united with sadness and melancholy - the loftiest subject for a poem is

4、the death of a beautiful woman,2) unity of effect (單一效果論) - every image, mood, conception, and word in a given composition must have a direct bearing on the climax.,3) read in one sitting(短小精悍),4) read like music(音樂感),Annabel Lee安娜貝爾麗,Edgar Allan Poe in his favorite subject theme, grieves for the death of a beautiful woman in Annabel Lee. In this last p