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1、第 1 页故事新编开题报告ResearchProposal05级国际教育学院商务英语2班0569110050李晓莉TitleofmythesisInheritanceandInnovationofGothicFiction:-AnInterpretationofAllenPoesShortStories对哥特式小说的传承-解读爱伦坡的短篇小说SignificanceofStudyEdgarAllanPoeisoneofthemostuniquewritersinAmerica.However,ashiscreativetechniquesandliterarytheoriesaretotall
2、ydifferentfromthemainstreaminthefieldofliteratureinhistime,Poehadbeenmisunderstoodbyreadersandhiscontemporariesforquitealongtime.However,hisachievementsonliterarycannotbeignored.Forexample,despitePoesseeminglyinheritancefromsomeliteraryforbears,hiscontributionandinnovationfortheGothicFictionisprofou
3、ndandsignificant.Gradually,theimportanceofPoesliterarycreationshadbeenrecognizedextensivelybytheacademicworld.Accordingly,inmyview,itissignificanttostudyPoesinheritanceandinnovationofGothicFiction.LiteraturereviewBeingthemostcontroversialliterarygeniusintheworld,EdgarAllanPoe,whorepresentsaliteraryc
4、ategorydifficulttoclassify,occupiesauniquepositioninthehistoryofAmericanliterary.HisgreatinfluencesonFrenchsymbolism,psychoanalyticcriticism,detectivestory,andmodernChineseliteratureareallsignificant,attractingincreasingattentionofliterarycriticsinrecentyears.Atouchoftheaweinmostofhisshortstoriestha
5、tgripstheheartsofhisreadersmayaccountforconsistentinterestinthestudyofhisworksbothhomeandabroad.第 2 页AsearchingbrowsecasuallytakenatthewebsiteofliteraryofHarvardUniversitybringsupalistof604monographsonPoebetween1829and20*.TheissuesthathavearousedinterestsinEuro-AmericanPoestudiesmainlyinclude:1.Poea
6、saliterarycritic;2.Poesfemaleimages;3.PoeandGothictradition;4.PoeandSensationalism;5.Poeandpopularliterature;6.Poeandpsychoanalysis;7.PoeandModernism;8.Poeandpopularculture;9parativestudierofPoeandotherwriters.AverypertinentevaluationonPoeandhisworksgivenbyCharlesWhilbleyarguesthat“ifPoeslifewasatan
7、gleofcontradiction,hisposthumouslyfamehasbeenaveryconflictofopposites.”EversincethepublicationofEdgarAllenPoesveryfirstworks,diverseliterarymentsonhisworkshaveneverceasedtoe.Sincehisworkswerebinedwithtwosuchapparentlyfeaturesaslogical,rationalthinkingandwild,uncontrollableimaginations,mostofhisworks
8、weresimplytooambiguoustoperceptwellenough.Manyliterarycriticsandsomefirstlevelwriterswouldconsiderhimaninsanemanorelseatleastanimmatureamateurwhoscribbledaimlesslyandwhodidnotactuallyknowwhathewroteabout.Allinall,literaryschoolheldatotallydiversifiedopiniononPoe.Somereviewsfrommenoflettersabroadarea
9、sfollows.Emersondismissedhiminthreewords:thejungleman;MarkTwaindeclaredhisprosetobeueadable;HeyJamesmadetheruthlessstatementthat“aenthusiasmforPoeisthemarkofadecidedlyprimitivestateofdevelopment”,andWhitman,whowastheonlyliteraryfamousfigurepresentatthePoeMemorialCeremonyinBaltimorein1875,possessedfi
10、xedfeelingsabouthim:hedida第 3 页dmitPoesgenius,butitwas“itsnarrowrangeandunhealthy,luridquality”thatmostimpressedhim.Evensomemoretolerantscholarsorwritersheldasomewhatneutral,orsometimeseven,perhaps,anegativepointofviewonhisworks.JamesRussetLowelwouldrathercallhimathree-fifthsgeniusandtwo-fifthsfudge
11、.12Neverthelessontheotherhand,therewerewriters,amongwhichtheFrenchpoetsoccupyalargeportion,whoadmiredPoesworksinasincerestway.Ironically,itwasinEuropethatPoeenjoyedappreciationandreputation.PoesinfluenceisconsiderableinSpainandSpanishAmerica,inItaly,GermanyandRussia.Manyfamouswritersbearavisibleimpr
12、intofPoesinfluence.BernardShaw,D.H.LawrenceandW.H.Audenalladmiredandspokehighlyofhim.ShawregardedPoestales“pleteworksofart”.InChina,thestudyonPoebeganintheearlytwentiethcentury,andcanbeclassifiedintothreephases.Thefirstphasestartsfromthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,inthatperiod,Poesworkisintroduce
13、dtoChinabyLuXunandPoesworksweretranslatedintoChinese.Unfortunately,Chinesecriticsdidntplacetoomuchattentioninhisworks.Thesecondperiodstartsfromthe1980s.CriticsbegantoopentheirmindandtrytomentonPoeswritingstyleandhislanguageduetothepolicyofReformandOpeningtotheoutsideworld.Atthattime,Poesworkswerecon
14、sideredtobepletelynegative,morbidandalwaysdealingwithdeath,dreamandevil.Thethirdperiod,alsothemostflourishingone,startsfromthebeginningofthetwenty-firstcentury.Inthisperiod,peoplebegantostudyPoesworksfromth第 4 页eperspectiveoffeminism,psychoanalysis,modernismandsoon.Poesuniquepositioninthehistoryofli
15、teraturebegantoberecognizedmoreandmoreclearly.Inhislifetimeandlongafterhisdeath,variouskindsoflabels,appreciativeandderogative,havebeenattachedtothemuchtalentedwriter:genius,drunkard,drugaddict,eloper,onesufferingfromschizophrenia,etc.,allofwhicharetheby-productsoftheheatedtopicofEdgarAllenPoeasaman
16、-of-letters.Inbrief,AdgarAllanPoeisoneoftheuniquewritersinAmericanliterature,manymenoflettersinAmericaofthesamecontemporarydepictedanAmericainitschildhoodbyadoptingaromantictone,whilePoesthemeswereaboutdeath,killing,violencenightmareandevil.Healwaysdisclosedalienationandisolationbetweenhumanbeingsandtheworldaroundthem.Byusingthegothichorrorandgrotesquery,Poerevealedthenightmarishterrorofthecruelsocietyandtheuncontrollablehorrorbeneaththerationalandordersurfa
