美国文学爱伦坡AllanPeoandHisShortStories分析.pptxVIP

Short Stories By Edgar Allan Poe By-Yvette Outline Introduction Short Stories Specific appreciation Comments Recommended Reading Classification Theme Theory 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 the greatest journalistic critic of his time his poetry is “exquisitely refined“(精致优雅) his tales are complete works of art a critic, a poet a short story writer a great writer of fiction, a poet of the first rank, and a critic of insight Poe ’s short stories Ratiocination（推理） Horror “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” 《莫格街谋杀案》 “The Gold Bug”《金甲虫》 “The Purloined Letter”《被窃的信件》 “The Mystery of Marie Roget” 《玛丽罗杰谜案》 The Fall of the House of Usher(厄舍府的倒塌) 1839 The Masque of the Red Death(红死病的假面具) 1842 Ligeia(丽姬娅) 1838 The Black Cat(黑猫)1843 The Cask of Amontillado(一桶蒙特亚白葡萄酒) 1846 The Tell-Tale Heart(泄密的心) 1843 Science Fiction （科幻小说） Satirical Novel（幽默讽刺小说） （恐怖） Themes Motifs of Poe’s poems and stories: Love Beauty (supernatural beauty) Terror Death – predominant theme Negative thoughts of science Neurotic disorder Poe’s Gothicism(哥特式风格) Decadent(颓废) content Grotesque(怪异) images Abnormal psyches Melancholy (忧郁) Supernatural elements Other gothic elements (deserted castle, old temple, dark and gloomy cellar; stone coffin(石棺); dead woman; hero of abnormal psyche) His theory for short story-- clarity 1. The short story must be of such length as to be read at one sitting (brevity), so as to ensure the totality of impression. 2.The very first sentence ought to help to bring out the “single effect” of the story. 3. No word should be used which does not contribute to the “pre-establishe