【英美文学论文】The death and beauty in The Fall of the House of Usher.docx

南方医科大学外国语学院2010学年（秋）季学期考试2009年级英语双学位英美文学论文考核答卷¾ThedeathandbeautyinTheFalloftheHouseofUsher学号XX专业电子信息工程班级XX2010年11月30日ThedeathandbeautyinTheFalloftheHouseofUsherWANGHao-wen(SchoolofForeignLanguage5SouthernMedicalUniversity;GuangzhouGuangdong)Abstract:TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofEdgarAllanPoe'sfamoushorrornovels,anditembodiesPoe'swritingtheory.lt'sakindofabnormalaestheticswhichputtingbeautyintodeath.DeathiswritteninaforcefulhandinPoe'sstory.Beautyistheflowerwhichcomesoutoftheghastlyterroristatmosphereandthrillingofdeath.-TheFalloftheHouseofUsher;abnormalaesthetics;death;beautyEdgarAllanPoeisoneofthefamouswritersofAmericain19thcentury.AsGeorgeBernardShawsaidthattherearetwogreatwritersinAmerica,theyareEdgarAllanPoeandMarkTwain.1Therearealotofdescriptionsaboutdeathbysound,colors,emotionsandpsychologyinPoe'sstorywhichbringsaforcefulsensesandheartshock.Thiskindofshockcomesfromhuman'srepellingtodeathofthesubconscious.2Deathistheendingoflife,butinEdgarAllanPoe'sstorydeathisanotherkindofbeauty.Hereweanalysisthiskindofbeautyfromthefollowingfivefield.1 .Thespecificatmosphereofdeath.FromtheverybeginningofthestoryPoebringreaderaghastfulanddepressiveatmosphere.Forexample"Duringthewholeofadull,dark,andsoundlessdayintheautumnoftheyear,whenthecloudshungoppressivelylowintheheavens,hadbeenpassingalone,onhorseback,throughasingularlydrearytractofCountryjandatlengthfoundmyself,astheshadesoftheeveningdrewon,withinviewofthemelancholyHouseofUsher.,0nlyinonesentenceheuseddull,dark,soundless,oppressively,low,alone,singularly,dreary,melancholy10negativewordstobuildtheatmosphereofdeath.Afterfinishingthissentenceitbringsadull,sadandevenafeelingofasphyxiaGettingintothisenvironmentonewillsuddenlyremindthebeautyoftheolddays.Atthistimeaflower,asingingbirdandevenapieceofsunshinecanattractyouandbecomethebeautyinyourheart.2 .Thedyingoutsubstance.Fromthebleakwalls,thevacanteye-likewindows,afewranksedges,afewwhitetrunksofdecayedtrees,theghastlytree-stemsandthefallingbuildingsPoedescribedaplacewhichisgoingtodieOut.ResistancetogetintothisenvironmentW川COmeoutfromeveryone'smind.AIIoftheseareconnectedtodeathandpreparedfordeath.3 .ThedeadpersonMadelinethesisterofRoderickUsherdeadatdaythenarratorarrivedtheHouseofUsher.AstheCultureshewouldbeputintovaultfortwoweeksbeforeentombment.AlthoughthenarratorfinallyfoundthatMadelinewasputintothecoffinlively,thedescribeaboutherhasterriblyeffectedRoderickandthenarrator.AIIthecolorslikewhiterobes,bloodcantakethemintodeath.InmostofPoe,swork,theheroinealwaysbringsabreathofthedeathjorherselfistheomenofdeath.Theydieatfirstandthencomebacktolife.Putlifeintodeath,andthiskindofisanotherkindofbeauty.34 .Thedyingperson.Afterputhissisterintocoffin,theonlyrelativeinthisworldhadgoneawayfromhimforever.ThefamilyofUsherwilldisappearforhisdeath.Atthistimehecannotsufferfromthestressofdeathanymore.lnfact5hishearthaddeadalready.InordertogetawayfromfearandstressRodericksang,wrote"TheHauntedPalace"andmadehisfriendstayedtogetherwithhim.Healreadyknewthedeathwasn'tfarawayfromhim.Theonlythingisthathehadn'tgotreadyforit.5 .Deathreachedeverything,flowerofbeautybloomfromdeath.Aswordssays,tDeath,seematurnofbloom!,4WhenMadelinecameoutofthecoffinandDIDstandbeforehisbrothertheterrorcametotheend.Roderickfrightenedtodeathbyhissisterandhimself,theHouseofUsherfellintothelake,"Theradiancewasthatofthefull,setting,andblood-redmoonwhichnowshonevividlythroughthatoncebarely-discerniblefissure.Theblood-redmoonshonevividlythroughthefissureisthesignalthatthedeathwillsoonreacheverythingandafire-newbeautifullifewillcomeintobeing.Poe,sabnormalaestheticviewpointisboundupwithhisunluckylife.Poelosthisparentswhenhewasachild,sohehadn'tgotanylovefromhisparents.Hisadoptivefatherisaquiteseriousmanandhisadoptivemothertheonlypersonwholovedhimalsodiedveryearly.Parentsarealwaysnotbuiltinhisstoryandthewomenalwaysdieatthebeginningofthestory.SufferingmanyasetbackduringPoe,slifehisloveisalsoatragedy.Hiswifediedbeforehimwhichmadehimbuiltadesiretomeethisdeadwifeintheimaginaryworld.IntherealworldPoewasalwaysdrunktoescapefromthepainoflosinglove.Allofthesemisadventuresmadethebeauty-built-after-deathasPoe,swritingstyle.HoweverTheFalloftheHouseofUsheristhemostsuccessfuloneinPoe'sstory.References:1.陈良廷，爱伦坡短篇小说集，2008,人民文学出版社：北京.2,程海萍，厄舍古屋的倒塌中的恐怖叙述，2009:重庆.第84-86页.3,王步先，爱伦坡作品中的死亡主题浅析，王步先，王步先八编1.*2010.第81-82页.4.未知，：有道词典.