美国文学爱伦坡Allan Peo and His Short Stories.pptx

Short Stories By Edgar Allan Poe;Outline; Poe was the first American writer who formulized the technique of the short story. In pursuit of the totality of effect through compression, immediacy and finality, Poe invented the genre of the detective story and developed a new fiction of psychological analysis. Poe has thus often been considered as the father of the modern short story. ;Bernard Shaw’s(萧伯纳) evaluation of Poes achievement;Poe ’s short stories; ; ;His theory for short story-- clarity; ;The Fall of the House of Usher; An unnamed narrator received his boyhood friend Roderick Usher ‘s letter , which read that Usher spoke of acute bodily illness - of a mental disorder which oppressed him - and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best, and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation(缓和)of his malady(疾病). As a reply ,I came to the house of Usher to accompany with my friend. Led by a servant ,I met Usher in his room . He greeted me with great warmth. 一个匿名的描述者收到他的朋友 Roderick Usher 的信，信中Roderick说他 被精神疾病困扰，并迫切地想见到我，因为我是他唯一的朋友。作为回应，我来到 The house of Usher 厄舍府来陪伴我的朋友。由一名仆人带领，我见到了 Usher，他很热情接待了我。 ;It is revealed that Rodericks twin sister, Madeline, is also ill and falls into cataleptic, death-like trances. The narrator is impressed with Rodericks paintings, and attempts to cheer him by reading with him and listening to his improvised musical compositions on the guitar. Roderick sings “The Haunted Palace”, then tells the narrator that he believes the house he lives in to be sentient, and that this sentience arises from the arrangement of the masonry(石造建筑) and vegetation surrounding it. 来到厄舍府，我发现，Roderick 的姐姐，Madeline 也病了，精神恍惚。Roderick画画非常出色，我为了安抚 Roderick，陪他读书，听他弹他改良后的音乐作品。 Roderick 唱了 “The Haunted Palace 闹鬼的宫殿” 并告诉我，他相信这个房子是有感知的，建筑的石头，屋外的植物都有着某种感知的能??。 ; Roderick later informs the narrator that his sister died. The narrator helps the entom