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Edgar Allan Poe’s Realistic View on Death Reflected in His Short Fiction

Author: LiWei
Tutor: WangZuo
School: PLA Foreign Languages ??Institute
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: View of Death Short story Realism The theme of death Science fiction Abstracts Detective Novel Writing Death Description Crow
CLC: I106.4
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Even if not written such as \In the short life of forty years, Poe wrote only seventy short stories, but he With these few works for the short stories of this genre to create a new realm. He is both the originator of the detective novel, is the precursor of science fiction, is also the master of horror fiction. The theme of the novel, Poe also introduce new, many can learn and develop content for future generations writers. For example, in \Sailing plot imagine slope in the bottle Manuscripts, \In fact, the slope is considered the greatest impact on future generations factions novels two American writers along with Mark Twain. As James Russell Lowell evaluation, \The novels are nothing but the same topic, and that is death. In his novel about seventy, at least sixty description or discussion of death. Even if the eliminated part merely to satirize works on things with the death scene, there are still nearly 40 novels directly about the death as a central event. Along, critics have a keen interest in frequent theme of death in the slope novel. Summarize the reviews of the various periods can be seen, the concern of the people of this theme is mostly concentrated in two areas, discuss Poe's novel Why is there so much death plot, abstract analysis of these deaths plot to achieve its The artistic effect played a role. Comparing 'few devoted slope in these circumstances are behind the concept of death passed by. Even a few commentators on this issue to try, they only focus on a few of Poe's most famous short stories, such as \These novels have many very bizarre plot, such as the reincarnated ghost appeared. Critics who can not believe the plot itself, but often they are as slope intends to use a symbol or allegory, the purpose is to convey the spirit of the will of a person can go beyond the point of death. They therefore concluded that the slope has a beyond short-term material world, take care of the eternal spirit world romanticism died a death concept. However, if carefully read the novel as \They can be considered is the narrator in a special state where the illusion the narrator I by a variety of implied readers ideas directed to this explanation. Combined with the creative concept of the author point of view, the purpose of the slope writing these novels does not that aired surreal concept of soul is immortal, but rather reveal various abnormal psychology, as well as the fear caused by these abnormal psychology soul . \Therefore, these works illustrate the slope with a concept divorced from the reality of death is not appropriate. The same time, if the for other deaths novel of the slope careful analysis, we can clearly see that the slope of most of the works are from the reality may appear to cut into the theme of death, there is no description after the death of the spirit paranormal even if this phenomenon as \For example, in the \Aspect of our show is a terrible experience living intentionally or inadvertently buried in the tomb of the \In this novel \As can be seen, these works depict death phenomenon itself ceased to live, and struggle with death, although there is a lot of exaggeration, stimulating ingredients, but are basically people can recognize the objective areas. For novel \Therefore, we can not easily reach the conclusion of slope has a non-realistic view of death. In fact, after a careful study of Poe short story Death Description and further examine the slope of the reality of life and the creative principle, we will come to opposite knot perish: the slope of realism concept of death. This, as a life in the real world, \any raw flesh and soul will die instantly into nothingness, it is impossible to return to this world for people living nothingness after death scene will not only that they have a strong fear more can inspire endless desire to survive, to help them escape the threat of death and cherish earthly life. purpose of this article is to elaborate on the writer through a comprehensive analysis of the text and the author's life, creative thinking research eventually come slope realism death view of this conclusion. text is divided into five chapters: Chapter One: An Introduction to the theme of death in the Poe short story, noted that people are misreading on the slope of the concept of death, and to analyze the reasons put forward in this article arguments: the slope of realism view of death: the pit and the Pendulum \E a death concept. mainly from the following parties?

Edgar Allan Poe’s Realistic View on Death Reflected in His Short Fiction

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