埃德加爱伦坡诗歌中的超美英语作业本科毕业论文.docx

1、埃德加爱伦坡诗歌中的超美英语作业本科毕业论文英语专业本科毕业论文论文题目：埃德加爱伦坡诗歌中的超美 完成时间： 年 月ContentsAbstract(inChinese) . iAbstract(inEnglish) . iiIntroduction.1 I.Untouchable Beauty in Poe Poems.2A. Holy Beauty.2B. Lost Beauty.3II. Mysterious Beauty in Poe Poems .5A. Remote Beauty.5B. Gothic Beauty.6. Causes of Poe Supernal Beauty

2、.8A. Personal Experiences.8B. Poe Aesthetic Theories.9Conclusion.11Notes.13Bibliography.14摘 要爱伦坡是美国19世纪浪漫主义小说家，诗人和文艺批评家。他认为诗歌的宗旨是创造美，因为唯有超凡绝尘的美才可以唤起人们的兴趣。其诗歌中的意象、主题、声音、修饰、氛围以及情感和手段等都具有超凡脱俗的美。通过对海伦这个古典美女的描写，达到了一种神圣之美；坡在逝去的美人中看到了行将陨落的，消逝的的美；在对过去的追寻中，坡创造了遥远的美；在对恐怖的惧怕中，发现了别样的美。本文把这种超美分为无法触及的美和神秘的美，并从这两种

3、美的分析及其形成原因三个角度来探讨作品中的超美思想。关键词：爱伦坡；超美；无法触及的美；神秘的美AbstractEdgar Allan Poe is a poet, writer and critic of American Romantic Movement in the 19th century. He thinks that the purpose of poetry is to create beauty, because only supernal beauty can arouse the interests of common people. Poe makes use of s

4、everal methods and means to depict the supernal beauty including images、themes、sounds、rhetoric、atmosphere and emotions. Holy beauty is achieved through the description of Helen, the classical beauty; Lost beauty is experienced by him when Poe witnesses his beloved women depart one after another; Rem

5、ote beauty is created while he is searching for the past; Gothic beauty is touched just when he is suffering the horror. In this essay, supernal beauty is classified into two categories: untouchable beauty and mysterious beauty. The analyses and causes are also illustrated to explore the supernal be

6、auty.Key Words: Edgar Allan Poe; supernal beauty; untouchable beauty; mysterious beautyIntroductionEdgar Allan Poe is known as one of the most controversial writer in America. Poe is a very prolific and distinctive writer. And his poetry is characterized as mysterious, visional, and aesthetic.Poes p

7、oetry is unique and different from others. He is brilliant but short-lived. Poe leaves many poems to us. His poetry holds a kind of supernal beauty and impresses readers greatly. What he describes are fairy maidens, graves, ghosts and death. His poetry makes the readers feel that the beauty he depic

8、ts is untouchable and mysterious. Most of his stories are pessimistic and mysterious with negative keynote, then their characters behaves strangely and dejectedly; while in his poems Poe tries his best to create the images of beauty and avoid the ugly figures. We can see, poems poems has revealed st

9、rong trend of aesthetic. Under the guidance of aesthetic, Poe has formed his special principles. He puts forward many theories about poetic beauty and his poems ofen definitely reflect this theories. Poe defines true poetry as “the rhythmical creation of beauty ” ,“Beauty is the sole legitimate prov

10、ince of the poem. ” “ It is the desire of the moth for the star. It is not the mere appreciation of the beauty before us. It is a wild effort to reach the beauty above.” Actually in his practice, he pursues beautiful forms musical beauty and beauty of melenchaly, meanwhile, he stresses “poetry foe p

11、oetry”, neglecting social and didactic function of poetry. Poe applies his aesthic views to practical writings and expresses supernal beauty through allegorically ingenious way. Poe displays his acute insight, brave imagination and talented master of words through volume of supernal beauty. While re

12、ading the poems ,the resders can lose themselves in the fantastic world, as well as Poe enjoy himself in it to express his feeling, emotion and hope. Presently, most study about Poe in China focuses on his fiction,while the study about hispoetry is comparatively less. ThisEssay tries to interpret th

13、e supernal beauty in Poes poems in virtue of some aesthetic theories.I. Untouchable BeautyA. Holy BeautyThe poet focuses all his illusions for ideal female on Helen and believes that her beauty is overwhelming beyong the mortal world. Her beauty belongs to the untouchable and holy beauty.Poe sets up

14、 an visionary world where illusory beauty lives. Poe creates holy beauty through employing the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome. Holy beauty is connected with the classic beauty Helen. This part explores holy beauty from two aspects: musicality and image. Poe defines true poetry as “the rhythmic

15、al creation of beauty ” .Poe considers the music of poetry most important because musicality provokes the sentiments of poem and prompts the creativity of holy beauty. Poe uses alliteration to describe the holy beauty of Helen. The sound hin “thy hyacinth hair ” pronounces gently and quietly. The li

16、steners seems to place themselves in an illusion where Helen soft hair strokes their faces slowly.“Glory”、 “Greece” and “grandeur” expresses her classic grace, ease , quietness and nobility.Also, the repetition of win “ The weary way-worn wanderer” reveals the tiresome and hardships of the traverler

17、s. In The Raven the poet creates the slow and melancholy effects through employing the long vowel o:in “nevermore”. Howere, the rhythem in To Helen achieves another effect;It sounds refreshing and exhilarating. In the first stanza of To Helen :and o:are used alternately in “me”, “your”, “sea”, “bore

18、”, “shore”; Then in the second stanza of To Helen, It rhymes with :and in “rome”, “face”, “home”, “Greece”, “Rome”. The combination of long vowels and double vowels can prolong the sounds and slow down the speed of reading. The whole poem sounds peaceful,tranquil,serene and get the readers lost in t

19、he graceful world very naturally because of the slow rhythm and the sily vowels. The use of rhythem expresses the holy temperament of Helen.Poe builds his unique and aesthetic kingdom of poems through employing the peculiar images. This kingdom is full of too many grandors which is mysterious and un

20、touchable to exist in the earthling world.Helen is considered as several images to build her untouch. She is compared to those Nican barks of yore ，she carries the tired travelers to their desired home. The sea is tranquil and fragment while the waves is gentle and attracting. Helen soothes the drow

21、sy people like a gentle mother. Helen represents the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome. She symbolizes the glory of home and she is the pride of the travelers coming back. Helen just like The agate lamp，as a guide to leade the way home for the wanderers. Helen is the holy Goddess

22、 coming from Heven.Poe uses three images of immortal maiden to portray holy beauty. The beauties from the mythology of Greece emerge in To Helen: Helen in Trojan War, Naiad in the water and Psyche. The poet moulds his beautiful ideal female through Helen: This lady is pretty, pure, brave and wise. H

23、er beauty is supernal, untouchable and holy. The word “perfumed” provides the readers with the feelings that the mild fragrance pervades not only the sea but also the poem.B. Lost BeautyLost beauty is related to death of beauties. In the world of Poes the only purpose is beauty, and the most charmin

24、g is the lost and vanishing beauty. The worldly beauty turns into supernal beauty because of death. The goal of life is the perfection of itself,so it becomes pure and sublime; All the despicable creatures extinguish because of the dignity of Death while Beauty obtains its eternity due to its elegan

25、ce and purity. Situated in the melancholic and aesthetic atmosphere, the mind of readers will gradually shake common custom and greed off. For example, In The Raven the young mans mind has been under the influence of the raven which symbolizes truth, kindness, and beauty. To facilitate the study of

26、supernal beauty, refrain is applied. Just as Poe says: “ producing continually novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain.” In To One in Paradise, the word “all” servers as the so-called refrain-word. It occurs five times and shapes a sharps contrast between past and present t

27、o sigh lost beauty with feelings. In The Raven The repetition of “nevermore” implies the juxtaposition between binkered greed and boundless supernal beauty as well as limited life and infinite love. The protagonist experences dout, horror until broken-hearted. Because he has realized the unparallele

28、d purity of beauty far more beyond the bitter and cruel lock of this mortal world.Annabel Lee may be considered as the model of Poes application of refrain. Its refain consists of the mame “Annabel Lee” and the phrase “ In the kingdom by the sea,” teh repetition of which probably coms closer to purely phonetic repetiti