美国文学之爱伦坡 Unit 7 Allen Poe.pptVIP

TOPIC: Edgar Allan Poe and To Helen A) Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe B) Major works and special features C) Study of To Helen Edgar Allan Poe A) Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe 1. literary position. 2. controversial 3. a short life. B) Major works and special features 1. “The Philosophy of Composition” “The Poetic Principle”; 2. “The Fall of the House of Usher” 《鄂榭府崩溃记》 “The Cask of Amontillado” 《一桶白葡萄酒》 “Ligeria” 《丽姬娅》 3. “The Raven” “Annabel Lee” “To Helen” Special features: 1. Gothic elements 2. Analysis of human psychology 3. Sadness Themes: 1. death 2. horror 3. negative thoughts of science Style: 1. Generalizing 2. Traditional 3. brevity and imagination 4. metrical flow in versification. Study of To Helen Background: The poem is inspired the beauty of the mother Mrs. Jane Stanard of a schoolmate of Poe’s. He called her “the first purely ideal love of my soul.” Mrs. Jane Stanard “the first purely ideal love of my soul.” About Helen  the daughter of Zeus, wife of King Menelaus(墨涅俄斯)of Sparta. the Trojan prince Paris / the Trojan War. ten-year siege of Troy / wooden horse. the idiom “Helen of Troy” About Psyche goddess in Greek mythology / a Hellenistic personification Keats’s “Ode to Psyche” Psyche and Eros Theme The poem eulogizes the eternal and infinite beauty of Helen to express his Poe’s first purely ideal love for Mrs. Jane Stanard. Special features 1. It is famous for its rhyme scheme, its varied line lengths, its metaphor of a wanderer on the sea, and its oft-quoted lines “To the glory that was Greece,/ And the grandeur that was Rome. 2. It is a poem of quintet with a rhyme scheme of ababb ababa abbab. The classic restraint of this poem marks the turning point of Poe’s career in art.” 3. The use of classical allusions. Comprehension To Helen 《致海伦》 Helen, thy beauty