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1、【标题】爱?伦坡的死亡观在《乌鸦》中的体现【作者】杨力【关键词】埃德加?爱伦?坡;死亡观;乌鸦;美【指导老师】赵洪尹翟赫【专业】英语【正文】 Ⅰ.IntroductionEdgarAllanPoe (1809--1849)isoneofthemostcontroversialliteraryfiguresinAmericanhistory.Foralongtimeafterhisdeath,Poedidn'tgettherecognitionhedeserved,buthistalentsinliteraturehasbeengraduallyrediscoveredanda
2、ppreciatedbynow.Contemporarycriticsconsiderhimasapioneeringaestheticianandpsychologicalinvestigator,andhisreputationwiththereadingpublicismoresecuredthanthatofanyothermajorAmericanwriterofhistime.ManycriticshaveexpressedtheiramazementregardingtherelativepaucityofPoe’spoeticoutputinrelationt
3、ohisstatusasagreatpoet.T.S.Eliotoncenoted, “Hewroteveryfewpoems,andofthosefewonlyhalfadozenhavehadagreatsuccess:butthosefewareaswellknowntoaslargeanumberofpeople,areaswellrememberedbyeverybody,asanypoemseverwritten.”1OfallthepoemsmanyagreethatTheRavenisPoe’sfinestpoems.EversinceTheRavenwasf
4、irstpublishedon29thJanuary1845,inN.P.Willis’s “NewYorkEveningMirror”,itbringsPoenationalandinternationalfame.Inthepoem,thefirstpersonnarratorconfinesinhischamberandtrytoeasehispainforhislostloveLenorewitholdbooksofforgottenlore.Weakandweary,heisnearlynapping.Thenhehearsatappingonthedoorandt
5、henonthewindowlattice,whichbringsthenarratorbothfearandamoodofexpectancy.Whenheopenstheshutter,thebirdofill-omen,astatelyravenstepsinandperchesonthebustofPallas,whichisthegoddessofwisdominGreekmythology.Whenthenarratorisconfrontingtheravenandtakesitasaspeaker,heasksquestionsaboutthedestinyo
6、fhisdeadloveLenorebutisfrustratedbythesingle-wordresponse: “Nevermore”,whichdrivesthenarrator’smoodtopermanentdespair.EdgarAllanPoeillustrateshisviewondeathandpoetryin “ThePoeticPrinciple”.Heputshistheoryintopracticeinhispoems.ThisthesistakesTheRavenasanexample,explainsthispoemindetailfromt
7、heprospectsofphoneticelementsandimageryelements,whichreflecthispoeticprinciple.Inthisway,readerscanwitnessPoe'screationof “deathofbeauty”andfullyappreciatehisaestheticprinciples.ThedeathofbeautyrevealsPoe’sinfiniteinspiration,andthroughwhichhemakes,thepe