爱伦坡乌鸦edgarallenpoeandtheraven.ppt

Edgar Allen Poe坡 (1809—1849) E.A. Poe (1809—1849) Important Points 1. Poe’s major works. 2. Poe’s literary characteristics and achievements Introduction Introduction Introduction Introduction Poe’s Major Literary Works works The Philosophy of Composition 《创作原理》 The Poetic Principle 《诗歌原则》 Themes Poe’s theory for poetry Poe’s theory for short story Short story should be of brevity, totality, single effect, compression(压缩) and finality. Poe’s achievement 1. His aesthetics, his call for the rhythmical creation of beauty have influenced French symbolists and the devotees of art for arts sake. 2. He is the father of psychoanalytic(心理分析的) criticism. 3. He is the father of the detective story. The analysis of some imagesin The Raven Backgrounds of The Raven Virginia ,Poe’s wife ,died of tuberculosis at only 24.Poe wrote this poem during her illness of TB when he felt she would die someday because TB ,at that time ,was a incurable disease. Professor David Rein considered the beautiful Sarah Elmira Royster ,Poe’s neighbor, was the prototype of the Lenore .They loved each other when Poe was young ,but Sarah’s father opposed them ,so they were pitifully taken apart .And that’s the lost beauty .Maybe it’s the reason why Poe ghastly scared his friends or we can say his wife would leave. Key points of The Raven 1)It took Poe four years to complete this poem. It was first published in 1845 and revised several times in later editions. 2)Poe cited this poem as an example in “The Philosophy of Composition” to show how a poem should be composed. This poem corresponds to Poe’s basic principles of poetry writing. 3)It is an elegy, expressing the sorrow or grief over somebody’s sudden death. 4)It is not long, 108 lines, readable at one sitting. 5)The poetic theme is the lamentation over the death of a beautiful woman. 6)The general tone of the poem is melancholy. 7)It reads very rhythmical, with different varieties of rhymes. 8)The poem is composed of 18 s