Edgar Allan Poe occupies a unique position in the history of American literature.His gothic horror novels prove astounding on account of extraordinary rendering the atmosphere and in-depth psychological description.In...Edgar Allan Poe occupies a unique position in the history of American literature.His gothic horror novels prove astounding on account of extraordinary rendering the atmosphere and in-depth psychological description.In his gothic novels,pestilence,tuberculosis and madness are common and the protagonists always suffer from foregoing diseases.Based on the investigation of the relation between Poe’s life and illness and the social and cultural background of Poe’s time,the thesis aims to discuss the emergence and embodiment of illness narratives in Poe’s tales in order to explore the aesthetic values and cultural connotations.展开更多
Executive Chairman of the America-China Partnership Foundation John Milligan-Whyte is referred to as the"new Edgar Snow"due to his efforts in promoting the relationship between China and the United States.
Intertextuality theory is one of extremely important critical methods in a host of western literary theories and provides a new perspective for numerous research scholars and common readers to comprehend and elaborate...Intertextuality theory is one of extremely important critical methods in a host of western literary theories and provides a new perspective for numerous research scholars and common readers to comprehend and elaborate literature and literary works.This thesis uses multiple and comprehensive ways mainly based on the theory of intertextuality.Theory of symbolism and the method of close reading are also used to explored the internal connection of two short stories:The Tell-Tale Heart and The Yellow Wallpaper.The author attempts to build blocks to application practice of the intertextuality theory in specific works,and elaborate the value and significance of intertextuality comprehension from two aspects including literary reading and literary inheritance.展开更多
Defamiliarization,the core theory of Russian formalism,emphasizes specific effects in a literary work by adopting fresh perspective to change readers' automatic and practical perception to an unfamiliar one.Edgar ...Defamiliarization,the core theory of Russian formalism,emphasizes specific effects in a literary work by adopting fresh perspective to change readers' automatic and practical perception to an unfamiliar one.Edgar allan poe is one of the writers who applied defamiliarization in his writing The Black Cat to help improve the literariness of a literature,break the set pattern and attract readers attention on modern people's twisted personality and dark inner world.展开更多
The optimal city size has always been a heated topic for debate in China. Given the background of global warming and fossil fuel crisis, it is argued that the issue should be considered from not only the perspective o...The optimal city size has always been a heated topic for debate in China. Given the background of global warming and fossil fuel crisis, it is argued that the issue should be considered from not only the perspective of economic benefits of a city but should also consider the energy consumption efficiency of the city. On the basis of the energy consumption data of 286 cities at the prefectural level and above in Chinese mainland except Lasa, which are obtained from the EU Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research(EDGAR), this paper carries out an empirical analysis on the relationship between the city size and the energy consumption efficiency of the city. Then based on this analysis, the paper further examines the economic benefits, social benefits, and environment quality of cities in different scales, and the findings reveal that large cities with 2 – 5 million population have the highest efficiency in all these aspects.展开更多
Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Altho...Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".展开更多
Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of a Romanism,is well-known for his grotesque and grim style of writing.In most of his grotesque and grim works,describing females is his major method to express his own emotion.All of these w...Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of a Romanism,is well-known for his grotesque and grim style of writing.In most of his grotesque and grim works,describing females is his major method to express his own emotion.All of these women usually have a perfect appearance and passionate character,but are afflicted with mysterious illness.It is a conventional means of voicing feeling for Allan Poe to describe the heroes' deep pain and their yearning for the beautiful heroines.This thesis will introduce Allan Poe's legendary life and analyze the features of the females in his life and works under the background of the United States at Edgar Allan Poe's times.And this thesis will describe of his denial of the patriarchy.展开更多
Edgar Allen Poe had written a lot of excellent short stories during his lifetime and had a strong influence on American Litera ture.His famous masterpiece,The Fall of the House of Usher,shares a lot of features that o...Edgar Allen Poe had written a lot of excellent short stories during his lifetime and had a strong influence on American Litera ture.His famous masterpiece,The Fall of the House of Usher,shares a lot of features that other short stories of Poe have possessed,and is also an excellent collection and conveyance of the art of paradox.This article will provide a rough analysis on the paradoxical art by careful reading and comparing details in the short story.展开更多
John Edgar wideman's "Fever" is a multiple-voiced text, narrating experiences of the blacks during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. The "fever" is essentially a metaphor of ra...John Edgar wideman's "Fever" is a multiple-voiced text, narrating experiences of the blacks during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. The "fever" is essentially a metaphor of racism and endangered human existence. This paper attempts to uncover what lies beneath the "fever" via disentangling the text's narrative strategies and to foreground Wideman's concern on his people.展开更多
Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of American Romantic period,is a forerunner in the use of irrational narration,especially in his dark tales,opening up a new approach for literature.Whether from narration perspective,plot or ...Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of American Romantic period,is a forerunner in the use of irrational narration,especially in his dark tales,opening up a new approach for literature.Whether from narration perspective,plot or theme,The Black Cat,one of his masterpiece,is the typical manifestation of this narration.展开更多
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most unique writers in America.It was until 20th century that the importance of Poe's literary creations had been recognized extensively by the academic world.Many of his works have b...Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most unique writers in America.It was until 20th century that the importance of Poe's literary creations had been recognized extensively by the academic world.Many of his works have been analyzed as the psychological materials.His short stories "The Black Cat" is one of the most classic horror novels which also has been criticized from the dark side of human being in psychology,however,this essay aims to analysis "The Black Cat" in the perspective of myth-archetype criticism which can lift up readers' mind on a broader perspective.Also,the ancient Greek mythology and Christian thought which will help us to understand his other works easily and make us know more about his particular contribution to the world literary history.展开更多
Despite of only producing five ratiocinative tales in the whole life,Edgar Allan Poe is acknowledged as the "father of the detective story".In those tales,Poe portrays the hero Dupin who is the first detecti...Despite of only producing five ratiocinative tales in the whole life,Edgar Allan Poe is acknowledged as the "father of the detective story".In those tales,Poe portrays the hero Dupin who is the first detective image in the history of the western literature vividly.Based on the stories in which Dupin appeared,concerns on the creation of Dupin,the analysis of his features and the function of the setting fellows,like friend and police,summarizing the traditional image pattern of detective stories created by Poe,revealing the great influence Poe had on the development of detective literature,even on the literature of the whole world.展开更多
The Cask of Amontillado, which tells a story of revenge, is one of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpieces. The horrible and darksetting of the story, its theme of revenge, the description of the crazy character Fortunato ...The Cask of Amontillado, which tells a story of revenge, is one of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpieces. The horrible and darksetting of the story, its theme of revenge, the description of the crazy character Fortunato and the use of irony and symbols make it atypical Gothic fiction.展开更多
As one of the most tragic figures in the history of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe created the themes of morbid love, omnipresent death, transient beauty, decadence and horror. Death always accompanies him in hi...As one of the most tragic figures in the history of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe created the themes of morbid love, omnipresent death, transient beauty, decadence and horror. Death always accompanies him in his poems and stories. His interest is mainly in the people’s mind where he created a fancy and horrible world.展开更多
文摘Edgar Allan Poe occupies a unique position in the history of American literature.His gothic horror novels prove astounding on account of extraordinary rendering the atmosphere and in-depth psychological description.In his gothic novels,pestilence,tuberculosis and madness are common and the protagonists always suffer from foregoing diseases.Based on the investigation of the relation between Poe’s life and illness and the social and cultural background of Poe’s time,the thesis aims to discuss the emergence and embodiment of illness narratives in Poe’s tales in order to explore the aesthetic values and cultural connotations.
文摘Executive Chairman of the America-China Partnership Foundation John Milligan-Whyte is referred to as the"new Edgar Snow"due to his efforts in promoting the relationship between China and the United States.
基金This paper is sponsored by the Postgraduate Creative Foundation of Gannan Normal University entitled“A Comparative Study on Intertextuality of The Tell-Tale Heart and The Yellow Wallpaper”(《泄密的心》与《黄色墙纸》的互文性研究)(YCX21A004 and“National Social Science Foundation of China western Project in 2018”(“2018年国家社科基金西部项目”)entitled“A study of Chinese Ci fu in the English-speaking world”“英语世界的中国辞赋研究”(18XZW017).
文摘Intertextuality theory is one of extremely important critical methods in a host of western literary theories and provides a new perspective for numerous research scholars and common readers to comprehend and elaborate literature and literary works.This thesis uses multiple and comprehensive ways mainly based on the theory of intertextuality.Theory of symbolism and the method of close reading are also used to explored the internal connection of two short stories:The Tell-Tale Heart and The Yellow Wallpaper.The author attempts to build blocks to application practice of the intertextuality theory in specific works,and elaborate the value and significance of intertextuality comprehension from two aspects including literary reading and literary inheritance.
文摘Defamiliarization,the core theory of Russian formalism,emphasizes specific effects in a literary work by adopting fresh perspective to change readers' automatic and practical perception to an unfamiliar one.Edgar allan poe is one of the writers who applied defamiliarization in his writing The Black Cat to help improve the literariness of a literature,break the set pattern and attract readers attention on modern people's twisted personality and dark inner world.
文摘The optimal city size has always been a heated topic for debate in China. Given the background of global warming and fossil fuel crisis, it is argued that the issue should be considered from not only the perspective of economic benefits of a city but should also consider the energy consumption efficiency of the city. On the basis of the energy consumption data of 286 cities at the prefectural level and above in Chinese mainland except Lasa, which are obtained from the EU Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research(EDGAR), this paper carries out an empirical analysis on the relationship between the city size and the energy consumption efficiency of the city. Then based on this analysis, the paper further examines the economic benefits, social benefits, and environment quality of cities in different scales, and the findings reveal that large cities with 2 – 5 million population have the highest efficiency in all these aspects.
文摘Modern detective novels are believed to have their roots in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, when nearly fifty years prior Edgar Allen Poe had published one of the first murder mysteries in history. Although many years had elapsed little change had been made to the major elements of these detective stories. This essay explores the similarities of"Murders in the Rue Morgue"and"Hound of the Baskervilles".
文摘Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of a Romanism,is well-known for his grotesque and grim style of writing.In most of his grotesque and grim works,describing females is his major method to express his own emotion.All of these women usually have a perfect appearance and passionate character,but are afflicted with mysterious illness.It is a conventional means of voicing feeling for Allan Poe to describe the heroes' deep pain and their yearning for the beautiful heroines.This thesis will introduce Allan Poe's legendary life and analyze the features of the females in his life and works under the background of the United States at Edgar Allan Poe's times.And this thesis will describe of his denial of the patriarchy.
文摘Edgar Allen Poe had written a lot of excellent short stories during his lifetime and had a strong influence on American Litera ture.His famous masterpiece,The Fall of the House of Usher,shares a lot of features that other short stories of Poe have possessed,and is also an excellent collection and conveyance of the art of paradox.This article will provide a rough analysis on the paradoxical art by careful reading and comparing details in the short story.
文摘John Edgar wideman's "Fever" is a multiple-voiced text, narrating experiences of the blacks during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. The "fever" is essentially a metaphor of racism and endangered human existence. This paper attempts to uncover what lies beneath the "fever" via disentangling the text's narrative strategies and to foreground Wideman's concern on his people.
文摘Edgar Allan Poe,a writer of American Romantic period,is a forerunner in the use of irrational narration,especially in his dark tales,opening up a new approach for literature.Whether from narration perspective,plot or theme,The Black Cat,one of his masterpiece,is the typical manifestation of this narration.
文摘Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most unique writers in America.It was until 20th century that the importance of Poe's literary creations had been recognized extensively by the academic world.Many of his works have been analyzed as the psychological materials.His short stories "The Black Cat" is one of the most classic horror novels which also has been criticized from the dark side of human being in psychology,however,this essay aims to analysis "The Black Cat" in the perspective of myth-archetype criticism which can lift up readers' mind on a broader perspective.Also,the ancient Greek mythology and Christian thought which will help us to understand his other works easily and make us know more about his particular contribution to the world literary history.
文摘Despite of only producing five ratiocinative tales in the whole life,Edgar Allan Poe is acknowledged as the "father of the detective story".In those tales,Poe portrays the hero Dupin who is the first detective image in the history of the western literature vividly.Based on the stories in which Dupin appeared,concerns on the creation of Dupin,the analysis of his features and the function of the setting fellows,like friend and police,summarizing the traditional image pattern of detective stories created by Poe,revealing the great influence Poe had on the development of detective literature,even on the literature of the whole world.
文摘The Cask of Amontillado, which tells a story of revenge, is one of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpieces. The horrible and darksetting of the story, its theme of revenge, the description of the crazy character Fortunato and the use of irony and symbols make it atypical Gothic fiction.
文摘As one of the most tragic figures in the history of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe created the themes of morbid love, omnipresent death, transient beauty, decadence and horror. Death always accompanies him in his poems and stories. His interest is mainly in the people’s mind where he created a fancy and horrible world.
