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Research Proposal 05级国际教育学院商务英语2班 0569110050 李晓莉 ⅠTitle of my thesis Inheritance and Innovation of Gothic Fiction: -------An Interpretation of Allen Poe’s Short Stories 对哥特式小说的传承 -----解读爱伦·坡的短篇小说 ⅡSignificance of Study Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most unique writers in America. However, as his creative techniques and literary theories are totally different from the main stream in the field of literature in his time, Poe had been misunderstood by readers and his contemporaries for quite a long time. However, his achievements on literary cannot be ignored. For example, despite Poe’s seemingly inheritance from some literary forbears, his contribution and innovation for the Gothic Fiction is profound and significant. Gradually, the importance of Poes literary creations had been recognized extensively by the academic world. Accordingly, in my view, it is significant to study Poe’s inheritance and innovation of Gothic Fiction. ⅢLiterature review Being the most controversial literary genius in the world, Edgar Allan Poe, who represents a literary category difficult to classify, occupies a unique position in the history of American literary. His great influences on French symbolism, psychoanalytic criticism, detective story, and modern Chinese literature are all significant, attracting increasing attention of literary critics in recent years. A touch of the awe in most of his short stories that grips the hearts of his readers may account for consistent interest in the study of his works both home and abroad. A searching browse casually taken at the website of literary of Harvard University brings up a list of 604 monographs on Poe between 1829 and 2004. The issues that have aroused interests in Euro-American Poe studies mainly include: 1. Poe as a literary critic; 2. Poe’s female images; 3.Poe and Gothic tradition; 4. Poe and Sensationalism; 5. Poe and popular literature; 6. Poe and psychoanalysis; 7. Poe and Modernism; 8.Poe and popular culture; 9.