美国文学之爱伦坡 Unit 7 Allen Poe.ppt

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1、TOPIC:EdgarAllanPoeandToHelenA)IntroductiontoEdgarAllanPoeB)MajorworksandspecialfeaturesC)StudyofToHelenEdgarAllanPoeA)IntroductiontoEdgarAllanPoe1.literaryposition.2.controversial3.ashortlife.B)Majorworksandspecialfeatures1.“ThePhilosophyofComposition”“ThePoeticPrin

2、ciple”;2.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”《鄂榭府崩溃记》“TheCaskofAmontillado”《一桶白葡萄酒》“Ligeria”《丽姬娅》3.“TheRaven”“AnnabelLee”“ToHelen”Specialfeatures:1.Gothicelements2.Analysisofhumanpsychology3.SadnessThemes:1.death2.horror3.negativethoughtsofscienceStyle:1.Generalizing2.Traditio

3、nal3.brevityandimagination4.metricalflowinversification.StudyofToHelenBackground:ThepoemisinspiredthebeautyofthemotherMrs.JaneStanardofaschoolmateofPoe’s.Hecalledher“thefirstpurelyidealloveofmysoul.”Mrs.JaneStanard“thefirstpurelyidealloveofmysoul.”AboutHelenthedaught

4、erofZeus,wifeofKingMenelaus(墨涅俄斯)ofSparta.theTrojanprinceParis/theTrojanWar.ten-yearsiegeofTroy/woodenhorse.theidiom“HelenofTroy”AboutPsychegoddessinGreekmythology/aHellenisticpersonificationKeats’s“OdetoPsyche”PsycheandErosThemeThepoemeulogizestheeternalandinfiniteb

5、eautyofHelentoexpresshisPoe’sfirstpurelyidealloveforMrs.JaneStanard.Specialfeatures1.Itisfamousforitsrhymescheme,itsvariedlinelengths,itsmetaphorofawandereronthesea,anditsoft-quotedlines“TotheglorythatwasGreece,/AndthegrandeurthatwasRome.2.Itisapoemofquintetwitharhym

6、eschemeofababbababaabbab.TheclassicrestraintofthispoemmarkstheturningpointofPoe’scareerinart.”3.Theuseofclassicalallusions.ComprehensionToHelen《致海伦》Helen,thybeautyistome海伦，在我眼里，你的美LikethoseNiceanbarksofyore宛若从前尼西亚的归船，Thatgently,o’eraperfumedsea,轻轻漂过芳香的海洋，Theweary,way

7、-wornwandererbore载着疲惫不堪的游子，Tohisownnativeshore.回到他故乡的海岸。ThemainideaInthefirststanzabyusingsimilethepoetcomparestheclassicbeautyofHelentotheremoteshipthatreturnedintriumph,makingapeacefulandpleasantartisticmood.Notes1.Niceanbarksofyore：anoldsimpleatmosphere,implyingOd

8、yssus’barks.Asfarastheword“Nicean”isconcerned,twointerpretationsarecommonlyaccepted.First,Poeusesthewordjustbecauseitissuggestivean