愛倫坡烏鴉分析（課堂PPT）

1、1The Raven Edagr Allen Poe (1809-1849) His writting themes: 1.death-predominant theme in poes writting 2.disintegration of life 3.horror and mystery2 從前一個(gè)陰郁的子夜，我獨(dú)自沉思，慵懶疲從前一個(gè)陰郁的子夜，我獨(dú)自沉思，慵懶疲竭，竭， 面對許多古怪而離奇、并早已被人遺忘的書卷；面對許多古怪而離奇、并早已被人遺忘的書卷； 當(dāng)我開始打盹，幾乎入睡，突然傳來一陣輕當(dāng)我開始打盹，幾乎入睡，突然傳來一陣輕擂，擂， 仿佛有人在輕輕叩擊仿佛有人在輕輕叩擊輕輕叩

2、擊我房間的門輕輕叩擊我房間的門環(huán)。環(huán)。 “有客來也有客來也”，我輕聲嘟喃，我輕聲嘟喃，“正在叩擊我的門正在叩擊我的門環(huán)，環(huán)， 惟此而已，別無他般。惟此而已，別無他般?！?3 哦，我清楚地記得那是在風(fēng)凄雨冷的十二月，哦，我清楚地記得那是在風(fēng)凄雨冷的十二月， 每一團(tuán)奄奄一息的余燼都形成陰影伏在地板。每一團(tuán)奄奄一息的余燼都形成陰影伏在地板。 我當(dāng)時(shí)真盼望翌日我當(dāng)時(shí)真盼望翌日因?yàn)槲乙呀?jīng)枉費(fèi)心機(jī)因?yàn)槲乙呀?jīng)枉費(fèi)心機(jī) 想用書來消除傷悲，消除因失去麗諾爾的傷感，想用書來消除傷悲，消除因失去麗諾爾的傷感， 因那位被天使叫作麗諾爾的少女，她美麗嬌因那位被天使叫作麗諾爾的少女，她美麗嬌艷，艷， 在此已抹去芳名，直至

3、永遠(yuǎn)。在此已抹去芳名，直至永遠(yuǎn)。 那柔軟、暗淡、颯颯飄動的每一塊紫色窗布那柔軟、暗淡、颯颯飄動的每一塊紫色窗布 4A Glorified Crow A raven, which can be up totwo feet long, is a type of crow. Ravenseat small animals, carrion, fruit, and seeds. They often appear in legend and literature as sinister omens. It alawys stands for evil，ghost and something bad.

4、A symbol of death5background A man who has lost his beloved, a woman named Lenore. He is depressed, lonely, and possibly mentally unstable as a result of his bereavement. He was in deep sarrow in his wifes death.6Setting The chamber of a house at midnight. Poe uses the word chamber rather than bedro

5、om apparently because chamber has a dark and mysterious connotation. the aim is to create an atomosphere -mysterious ,horrible ,gloomy7Word Choice As in his short stories, Poe iscareful to use primarily words that contribute to the overall atmosphere and tone of the poem. These words include weary,

6、dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow, sad, darkness, stillness, mystery, ebony, grave, stern, lonely, grim,ghastly, and gaunt. 8 Sound And Rhythm The melancholy tone of The Raven relies as much on its musical sound and rhythmic pattern as on the meaning of the words. This pattern uses astressed syllable fol

7、lowed by anunstressed syllable,with a total of sixteensyllables in each line. 9Death in the poem 1.Especially when he asked whether he could meet his lost beloved in the heaven.With the repetition of the same word “Nevermore”2.Everything is serene/dead except the tapping and swipper3.the authors hea

8、rt deeply fallen into sorrow 10The beauty in the pome When the tapping persists, he opens the shutter of the window and discovers a raven, which flies into the room and lands above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore

9、” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven, a symbol of death, tells the man he will never again (nevermore) see his beloved, never again hold hereven in heaven. 11something detail analysisStanza 10: The Raven just sits there and says nevermore. The narrator, a little spooked by the entire episod

10、e mutters the bird will probably just leave tomorrow. Analysis: There is something in the word nevermore that brings despair to the narrator. He believes the raven is pouring out his soul with each utterance of the word, similar to the pouring out of the narrators soul as he longs for the return of

11、Lenore.12SummeryIt is midnight on a cold evening in December in the 1840s. In a dark and shadowy bedroom, wood burns in the fireplace as a man laments the death of Lenore, a woman he deeply loved. To occupy his mind, he readsa book of ancient stories. But a tapping noise disturbs him. Whenhe opens t

12、he door to the bedroom,he sees nothingonly darkness.13 When the tapping persists, he opens the shutter of the window and discovers a raven, which flies into the room and lands above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven, a symbol of death, tells the man he will never again (nevermore) see his beloved, never again hold hereven in heaven. 14The aim 1.That is