《埃德加爱伦坡》PPT课件.ppt

,The Fall of the House of Usher,厄 舍 古 厦 的 倒 塌,Edgar Allan Poe(埃德加爱伦坡),Three parts I Biography II Main works III Historical position,I Biography(（18091849）,(I)Poes Childhooda He was born in Boston on Jan 19,1809.b His father died when he was 2 years old.c He went to the University of Virginia in 1826,but quit school less than a year laterbecause of drinking heavily.两岁丧父，童年凄苦，沉迷酗酒，大学肄业。,(II)A Struggling Writer a In 1831,He submitted stories to many of magazines and they were all rejected.b In 1835,Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper.c In 1840,he started his writing career and published his first detective story.d In 1843,He tried to start a magazine but failed and he could barely make a living.求职受阻，写作致富，身价百万 创业失败，工作不稳，勉强度日。,(III)Final Days a His wife died in 1847,10 days after his birthday.b After losing his wife,Poe collapsed from stress and was also in poor health.c He died in October 7,1849 with some uncertain reasons.爱妻辞世，心伤难愈，晚年孤寂。病魔缠身，饮恨西归，死因不明。,.,II Main Works,Gothic（歌特）story Detective story Poetry,Gothic Storya The Masque of the Red Death（红死病的假面舞会）b The Fall of the House of Usher（厄舍古厦的倒塌）c The Angel of the Odd（奇怪天使）d The Devil in the Belfry（钟楼魔影）e The Oval Portrait(椭圆形画像）f The Man That Was Used Up（被用光的人）g King Pest（瘟疫王）,Detective Story,a Thou Art the Man（你就是凶手）b The P urloined Letter(被窃之信)c The Mystery of Marie Roget(玛丽罗杰疑案)d The Murders in the Rue Morgue(莫格街谋杀案)f The Gold-Bug(金甲虫)g The Oblong Box（长方形箱子）,Poetry,a To Helen(致海伦)b To One in Paradise（致乐园中的一位）c The Sleeper(睡美人)d The Valley of Unrest(不安的山谷)f The City in the Sea(海中之城)g Silence,a Sonnet(十四行诗）静 h The Raven（乌鸦）,The Raven（乌鸦）,It tells of a talking ravens mysterious visit to a distraught lover.The lover,often identified as being a student,12,is lamenting the loss of his love,Lenore.The raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word Nevermore.The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references.,The Masque of the Red Death,The story follows Prince Prosperos attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey.He,along with many other wealthy nobles,has a masquerade ball within seven rooms of his abbey,each decorated with a different color.In the midst of their revelry,a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms.Prospero dies after confronting this stranger,whose costume proves to have nothing tangible inside it;the guests also die in turn.红死病的假面舞会,The Fall of the House of Usher,It mainly tells us a story about thedead bringing back to live.The Fall of the House of Usher is consideredPoes most famous horror story.This highly unsettling macabre work is recognized as a masterpiece of American Gothic Literature.Indeed,as in many of his tales,Poe borrows much from the Gothic tradition.Still,as G.R.Thomson writes in his Introduction to Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe,the tale has long been hailed as a masterpiece ofGothic horror;it is also a masterpiece of dramatic irony and structural symbolism.厄舍古厦的倒塌,III Historical position,(I)He is one of the most famous American Poets,fictionists and literature critics.(II)He is one of the forefathers of detective story,science fiction,horror fiction,and the master of short Gothic story.(III)He have profound influence on many writers such as Conan Doyle(柯南.道尔）,Edogawa Rampo(江户川乱步）and so on.(IIII)Edgar Allan Poe（埃德加.爱伦坡）share the reputation with Ann Bruce bulls(安布鲁斯布尔斯)and Howard Phillips Lovecraft（洛夫克拉夫特）as the most famous three horror fictionists.,Question some people say that the works of Edgar Allan Poe are full of absurd and ridiculousness,which are not consistent with the American mainstream culture.As for this view,what do you think about that?,Thank you!,