爱伦坡乌鸦分析（课堂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 从前一个阴郁的子夜，我独自沉思，慵懒疲从前一个阴郁的子夜，我独自沉思，慵懒疲竭，竭， 面对许多古怪而离奇、并早已被人遗忘的书卷；面对许多古怪而离奇、并早已被人遗忘的书卷； 当我开始打盹，几乎入睡，突然传来一阵轻当我开始打盹，几乎入睡，突然传来一阵轻擂，擂， 仿佛有人在轻轻叩击仿佛有人在轻轻叩击轻轻叩

2、击我房间的门轻轻叩击我房间的门环。环。 “有客来也有客来也”，我轻声嘟喃，我轻声嘟喃，“正在叩击我的门正在叩击我的门环，环， 惟此而已，别无他般。惟此而已，别无他般。” 3 哦，我清楚地记得那是在风凄雨冷的十二月，哦，我清楚地记得那是在风凄雨冷的十二月， 每一团奄奄一息的余烬都形成阴影伏在地板。每一团奄奄一息的余烬都形成阴影伏在地板。 我当时真盼望翌日我当时真盼望翌日因为我已经枉费心机因为我已经枉费心机 想用书来消除伤悲，消除因失去丽诺尔的伤感，想用书来消除伤悲，消除因失去丽诺尔的伤感， 因那位被天使叫作丽诺尔的少女，她美丽娇因那位被天使叫作丽诺尔的少女，她美丽娇艳，艳， 在此已抹去芳名，直至

3、永远。在此已抹去芳名，直至永远。 那柔软、暗淡、飒飒飘动的每一块紫色窗布那柔软、暗淡、飒飒飘动的每一块紫色窗布 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