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1、“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”EdgarAllanPoe1839“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”ThegothiccontextofthetaleThedoublingmotifofthetaleThefunctionofsettinginthetaleThestructuralunityofthetaleTheGothicliterarytraditionBegunineighteenthcenturyEnglandNovelistsHoraceWalpoleAnnR
2、adcliffeMatthew“Monk”LewisPopularforminBritishliteraryjournalsImportedintoAmericanshortstory-19thcenturyKeyingredientwassensationalismGothicArchitectureinAmericaStartedinUSabout1840SteeplypitchedroofsPointedarchwindowsElaboratetrimaroundroofedgesHighdormersL
3、ancetwindowsPoe’s“houseofUsher”looksmorelikeamedievalcastleorEnglishcathedralinGothicstyleThehousemightlooksomethinglikethis(fromaphotographbySimonMarsdeninhisVisionsofPoe)ElementsofGothicWritingEmphasisonsettingExterior:landscapeInterior:housesCastle-likear
4、chitectureCharactersarebrooding,secretiveBuriedfamilysecretsLonghistoryoffamilytiedtoplaceTheDoublingMotifInliterarycriticism,thisiscalleda“doppelganger,”fromtheGermanfor“double-goer”Examplesare:Dr.JekyllandMr.Hyde(RobertLouisStevenson)TheSecretSharer(Joseph
5、Conrad)Whatfunctiondoesthedoppelgangermotifserve?RepresentsthedualnatureofmanInPoe,onesideofmanisreason,orthemindTheotherisemotion,orthebodyRoderickandMadeleinearegeneticallytwins,butpsychologicallytheyarealsodoubles.WhoRepresentsWhat?RoderickAnartistfigure(
6、509)Nervousagitation(509)Livesindarkupstairsapartment(511)Cadaverouscomplexion(511)“wantofmoralenergy”(511)“excessivenervousagitation”(511-12)Roderick’smentalconditionisaffectedbyhisenvironment“Hewasenchantedbycertainsuperstitiousimpressionsinregardtothedwel
7、lingwhichhetenanted...Aneffectwhichthephysiqueofthegraywallsandturrets,andofthedimtarnintowhichtheyalllookeddown,had,atlength,broughtaboutuponthemoraleofhisexistence.”(512)Here,“physique”referstosomethingphysicalAnd“morale”referstosomethingmentalRoderickisal
8、lmindinaweakbodyHerepresentsinonewaythelifeoftheisolatedartistPaintingsReadingGuitarplayingMadeleineIllnesshasdebilitatedherAlldescriptionsfocusonthebody“gradualwastingawayoftheperson”(513)Roder
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