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1、AReflectionofSymbolisminTheBlackCatbyEdgarAllanPoeⅠ.IntroductionAsaspecificschoolofliterarytrend,symbolismappearedinFrenchinthe1880satfirstandmainlyinthecreativerealmofpoetryanddrama.Fromthe1890s,symbolismspreadtoBritain,Germany,Russia,Italy,Spainandmanyothercountries.Inthe1920s,itbec
2、ameoneofthemostinfluentialschoolsofliteraryandartistictrendintheworld.TheFrenchpoetPaulVerlaine(1844-1896)andtheAmericanpoetEdgarAllanPoearethepioneersofsymbolism.Symbolismisdistinguishedintoearlyandlatesymbolism.StephanMallarme(1842-1898),PaulVerlaine(1844-1896)，ArthurRimbaud(1854-18
3、91)aretherepresentativesofearlysymbolism.LatesymbolistsincludeWilliamButlerYeats（1865－1939）,T·SEliot（1888－1965）.InhisfamouslongpoemTheWasteLand(1922),T·SEliotconstructedasophisticatedworldbyapplyingrepeatedimagesandsymbols,rebellingagainsttheEnglishpoetictradition.Symbolismcanalsobedi
4、videdintouniversalsymbolismandcontextualsymbolism,dependingonthesourceoftheassociationsthatprovidetheirmeaning.Universalsymbolsembodyideasoremotionsthatthewriterandthereadershareincommon,asaresultoftheirsocialandculturalheritage.Forexample,astagnantpoolmaysymbolizelifebeing22pollutedo
5、rdiminished.Thecolorblacksymbolizesdeath,andwhitesymbolizespurity,etc.Contextualsymbolsarethosewhoseassociationsareneitherimmediatenortraditional;instead,theyderivetheirmeaning,largelyifnotexclusively,fromthecontextoftheworkinwhichtheyareused.Forinstances,therainsymbolizestheGod,thegr
6、ailsymbolizessuperhumanstrength,etc.Themeaningisperplexing.Thesamethingmayhavedifferentsymbolicmeaningsaccordingtocertaincontext.EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849),isafamousAmericanpoet,short-storywriter,andliterarycritic.Sinceadolescence,hehadgreatinterestsinliteratureandhadreadalargeamountofl
7、iteraryworks,showinggreattalentinwriting.However,itisuntilhiswell-knownpoemTheRavenwaspublishedthathebegantobewellreceivedbythepublic.Hisachievementsinshortstoriesaremoreoutstandingthaninpoetry,especiallyinthewritingofGothicstoriesanddetectivestories.Amongthem,thefamousGothicstoriesar
8、e:The
