复旦大学：《英美短篇小说 British and American Short Stories》教学课件（PPT）Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle

MS Found in a bottle Edgar allen poe

MS. Found in a Bottle Edgar Allen Poe

ENTER THE CHILLING Outline WORLD OF POE Au uthor ●Stor ● Analys1s ● Reflection

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Edgar Allan Poe (anuary 19, 1809-October 7,1849) American author, poet, editor, and literary critic Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre The inventor of the detective fiction genre Contributing to the emerging genre of SCience tiction Literature influence, cosmology opography The Edgar Award

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) • American author, poet, editor, and literary critic • Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre • The inventor of the detective fiction genre • Contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction • Literature influence, cosmology & cryptography • The Edgar Award

Plot Summary The vovage of an unnamed narrator. Hit by a Simoon(a combination of a sand storm and hurricane) Collision with a gigantic black galleon The crew: strange and incomprehensible, antique and solemn o Hope- Devastation

Plot Summary The voyage of an unnamed narrator: ⚫ Hit by a Simoon (a combination of a sand storm and hurricane ) ⚫ Collision with a gigantic black galleon ⚫ The crew: strange and incomprehensible; antique and solemn ⚫ Hope - Devastation

R references The ghost ship: The Flying Dutchman e The hollow earth theories HOLLOW EARTH DAVID STAHOISH

References ⚫ The ghost ship: The Flying Dutchman ⚫ The Hollow Earth theories

Analysis o Scientific imaginings A physical world beyond the limits of the human exploration ● Unknown catastrophe o Wild, vigorous and poetical imagination

Analysis ⚫ Scientific imaginings ⚫ A physical world beyond the limits of the human exploration ⚫ Unknown catastrophe ⚫ Wild, vigorous and poetical imagination

Wild, poetic imagination?

Wild, poetic imagination?

Edgar Ellen Poe o Best known fiction works. gothic ● Most recurring themes o Literary theory Weakness ● Obsolescence!

Edgar Ellen Poe: ⚫ Best known fiction works: Gothic ⚫ Most recurring themes ⚫ Literary theory Weakness: ⚫ Obsolescence!!