10 全套美国文学精心整理的各个时期作家作品简介Edgar Allan Poe

Consonance 和音/辅音韵
the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowels sounds are different in a line of poetry e.g. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamberdoor-”
The Image of the raven
Has become a classic
Prophet, wisdom, messenger of death
Atmosphere
Gloomy and melancholy
Dreamy and illusionary
To Helen
One of the most famous of Poe’s lyric Written in Poe’s passionate boyhood, to the first purely ideal love of his soul Rhyme Scheme: iambic trio-meter; ababb ababa abbab Allusion: Hyacinth (Greek Mythology: Hyacinthus); Naiad (fairy); Psyche (goddess of the soul) Oft-quoted lines “To the Glory that was Greece/ And the grandeur that was Rome” Theme: Pursuit of classic beauty
What kind of image is the “raven” in this poem? What kind of emotion do you think the poem expresses?
Appreciating “The Raven”
Main Idea A young man grieved for the loss of his beloved young woman named Lenore, and he was driven to madness by a raven visited his house at midnight who kept saying one word “nevermore”. Theme Mourn and miss
Artistic Features of “The Raven”
Rhythm
Figure of speech
The Image of the “raven” Atmosphere
Rhythm
typical and strong quality of musical effects Rhythmical within a line, among different lines and stanzas “nevermore” repeating for 11 times
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Poet
Short story writer Literary critic
Biographical Introduction
Born in Boston In 1809 Parents: traveling actors; died When Poe was a child Adopted by John Allan, a merchant of Virginia Education entered the University of Virginia in 1826, but left a short time later Career got an appointment to West Point in 1831 but was dismissed within a year because of misbehavior For most time in his short life, worked as an editor A great poet, literary critic, and writer of fiction
Theme “the death of a beautiful woman” is the most poetical topic in the world Beauty and death Atmosphere Dreamy and illusionary
Questions to be discussed
Lecture 10
Edgar Allan Poe
By 张慧 hzhang8311@126.com
Warm-up Questions
Have you ever seen a raven? What’s the Chinese version for it? How about the crow? Are the two the same kind of birds?
The ”Raven” and the “crow” in different cultures
In Chinese culture
The raven: Prophet (Tibet) liar (Yunnan Naxi) The Crow: evil omen, death; Connected with the Sun , “日中金乌”, power
Length short, readable at one sitting or as long as “The Raven” Tone Melancholy is the most legitimate of all the poetic tones
Theme and Atmosphere
In Western culture
The raven Prophet Messenger of God (Bible, Elijah);
Messenger of Ghosts or Death;
God of Death The crow evil omen, death
The following line contains the three terms, can you find them out? “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain”
Theory of Short Story
Length: to be read at one sitting
“the short story, must be of such length as to be read at one sitting (brevity), so as to ensure the totality of impression”
the poem should not be didactic
calls for “pure” poetry which produces a feeling of beauty in the reader’s mind rhythmical and musical
Length and Tone
Alliteration 头韵
repetition of the initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in a line of poetry e.g. weak and weary (Stanza 1, Line 1)

Literary critique
The Philosophy of Composition (1846) 《创作哲学》
The Poetic Principle (1850) 《诗歌原理》
Poe’s poetic theories
Ideal Poem in Poe’s mind
Contents
Edgar Allan Poe Biographical Introduction Major Works Poe’s Poetic theories Appreciating “The Raven” Poe’s theories of short story Appreciating The Fall of the House of Usher Evaluation of Edgar Allan Poe
Figure of speech
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
the use of Alliteration, Assonance and Consonance Use of Allusion (to Greek Mythology) a bust of Pallas (Stanza 7); Night’s Plutonian (Stanza 8, Line 6)
While I nodded, nearly napping….
(stanza 1, line 3)
Assonance 类韵
repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry e.g. …dreary , while I pondered weak and weary (S1, Line 1) napping, suddenly there came a tapping (S1, Line 3) rapping, rapping at my chamber door (S1, Line 4)
Short stories
Collections of Short stories Tales of Grotesque and Arabesque (1840) 述异集 Tales (1845) 故事集 Gothic Story Ms. Found in a Bottle 瓶子里的芳德小姐 The Fall of the House of Usher 厄舍古厦的倒塌 The Masque of the Red Death 红色病的假面 The Black Cat 黑猫 Ligeia 丽吉亚 The Cask of Amontillado 阿芒提拉多的酒桶 Detective Story Murder in the Rue Morgue 莫格街谋杀案 The Mystery of Marie Roget 玛丽· 罗杰之谜 The Golden Bug 金甲虫 The Purloined Letter 被窃的信件
Major Works
Poems
Short stories
Literary critique
Poe’s Collection of poems
1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems 帖木尔 1829 Al Araaf 艾尔· 爱拉夫 1831 Poems 诗集 1845 The Raven and Others 乌鸦及其他诗篇 “The Raven” 1845 “Annabel Lee” 1849 “To Helen” 1831