(精选)英美短篇小 说Unit 14 MS Found in a Bottle课件.pptVIP

* Unit 14: MS. Found in a Bottle Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Teaching Objectives: Know something about the life and major works of Edgar Allen Poe; Understand the definition of Gothic Novel; Know something about Poe’s theory on short story and his writing style; Learn to analyze Ms Found in a Bottle(theme, style and character portrayal) . Edgar Allan Poe A. novelist, poet, critic; B. good at writing Gothic and detective fiction, father of western detective stories; C. father of psychoanalytic criticism; I. Life D. His aesthetics has influenced such French symbolists and advocates for “art for art’s sake” as Baudelaire; E. His writings have influenced such writers as H. G. Wells, T. S. Eliot and William Faulkner. 8 The Man of the Crowd 　《人群中的人》 9 The Tell-Tale Heart 　　《泄密的心》 10 William Wilson　　《威廉.威尔逊》 11 Black Cat　　《黑猫》 12 The Imp of the Perverse　　《变态的小鬼》 13 The Gold Bug　　《金甲虫》 14 The Mystery of Marie Roger 　《玛丽.罗热疑案》 15 The Masque of the Red Death 　　《红色死亡的化妆舞会》 IV. Writing Style: Poe’s style is traditional. It is much too rational, too ordinary to reflect the peculiarity of his theme. He is good at generalizing. He is not easy to read. He lays stress on brevity and imagination. style and genre  horror fiction detective fiction science fiction（Ms.found in a bottle） genre horror Gothic dark romanticism most recurring themes questions of death premature burial pseudosciences the reanimation of the dead III. Gothic Novel The Gothic novel, or “Gothic romance” flourished through the early nineteenth century. Authors of such novels set their stories in the medieval period, often in a gloomy castle, and made plentiful use of ghosts, mysterious disappearances, and other sensational and supernatural occurrences; their principal aim was to evoke chilling terror by exploiting mystery, cruelty, and a variety of horrors. The term “gothic” has also been extended to denote a type of fiction that a. deve