美国文学史课件.ppt

4. Mark Twain’s Writings 2 (1893) The ￡1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories (1894) Tom Sawyer Abroad (fiction) (1894) The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson (fiction) (1896) Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (fiction) (1897) How to Tell a Story and other Essays (non-fictional essays) (1897) Following the Equator (non-fiction travel) (1898) Is He Dead? (play) (1900) The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (fiction) (1901) The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated (satire) (1901) Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany (political satire) (1901) To the Person Sitting in Darkness (essay) (1904) A Dogs Tale (fiction) (1905) King Leopolds Soliloquy (political satire) (1905) The War Prayer (fiction) (1906) What Is Man? (essay) VI. Poe as a Poet His Poetry “A Dream Within A Dream” “Annabel Lee” “The Bells” The City in the Sea The Conqueror Worm Eldorado Lenore The Haunted Palace “Sonnet – To Science” The Raven Ulalume “Israfel” VII. Poe as a short story writer 1. His theories of short story writings Reflected in his review of Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales A. Brevity: The short story must be of such length as to be read at one sitting, so as to ensure the totality of impression. B. A Single Effect – the aim of the short story 2. His short story creation: Two categories: the horror tales and the detective tales Horror tales: The Fall of the House of Usher The Masque of the Red Death Ligeia Berenice Detective tales: The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Gold-Bug The Man of the Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Pit and the Pendulum The Purloined Letter The Tell-Tale Heart The Premature Burial The Oval Portrait VIII. Poe’s Writing Features 1. Poe was a fascinating man of imagination. 2. In theme, Poe anticipated 20th century literature in his treatment of the disintegration of the self in a world of nothingness and nada. 3. Poe was sensitive enough to feel the pressure of a world where science and reason reign supreme, wh