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1、浅析爱伦坡短篇小说的死亡主题【关键词】爱伦坡；死亡；思想；痛苦I.IntroductionEdgarAllanPoe,theAmerican19th-centurywriteroffiction,poet,literarycritic,reviewer,journalist,editorandphilosopherhasexertedasubstantialinfluenceonAmericanandworldliterature.However,Poeismisunderstoodbyhiscontemporariesandtheirfollowersforquitealongtime
2、.MarkTwaindeclareshisprosetobeunreadable.HenryJamesmakestheruthlessstatementthat “anenthusiasmforPoeisthemarkofadecidedlyprimitivestateofdevelopment.”1AndWhitmanhasmixedfeelingsabouthim:hedoesadmitPoe’sgenius,butitis “itsnarrowrangeandunhealthy,luridquality”thatmostimpresseshim.Ironically,itisinE
3、uropethatPoeenjoysrespectandwelcome. “Swinburne,BernardShaw,D.H.LawrenceandW?H?Aduenalladmiredandspokehighlyofhim… ‘Poewas’,Shawsaidonthecentenaryofhisbirth, ‘thegreatestjournalisticcriticofhistime’;hispoetryis ‘exquisitelyrefined’;andhistalesare ‘completeworksofart.’”2 TheresearchonEdgarAllanPoe
4、atabroadisverypopularnow.ThereisrenownedacademicjournalwhichspecializesinstudyingPoewiththenamePoeStudies/DarkRomanticism.ItincludesessaysandnotesoneveryaspectofPoe,themanandthewriter:bibliographicalstudies,sourceandinfluencestudies,shortessaysandnotesonPoeinthecontextofinternationalRomanticismet
5、c.Inaword,itprobesintoeveryfacetofPoeandhiswritings.Besides,therearemanymonographsonPoe’sworks,amongwhichthefamousoneisThePurloinedLetterwhichincludesthewell-knowncontroversiesbetweenJacquesLacanandDerrida.AlthoughPoeandhisworkshavenowbeenstudiedandanalyzedinseveralrespects,stilltherearesomefield
6、s,forexample,hisdeaththeoriesthatneedfurtherresearch,especiallyinChina.ThereisseldomspecificstudyofthethemeofdeathinPoe’sshortstories.ThispaperattemptstodiscussthethemeofdeathinPoe’sshortstoriesbymakingabriefanalysisofPoe’sworks.Generally,Poehadanobsessionwiththethemeofdeathandhisuniqueviewsondea
7、tharedifferentfromothers.Whileinthisthesis,thethemeofdeathinPoe’srepresentativeshortstorieswerearawportrayalofPoe’stheory.Toacertainextent,accordingtothebriefanalysisofPoe’slifeexperience,thesocialsituationsofhistimean
