寓荒谬于才智 隐恐惧于凋敝——试析爱伦·坡的《厄舍古屋的倒塌》

An Intelligence Through Ridiculous Writing A Horror from the Decline of the Noble Family——An Analysis of Poe' s The Fall of the House of Usher

经典小说《厄舍古屋的倒塌》的作者爱伦·坡为实现他的创作意图,描述了古老贵族家庭衰落时所笼罩的梦魇般令人窒息的恐惧,调动了不同的艺术手段,制造出种种紧张恐怖的气氛,来表现人类理智的毁灭,同时体现了爱伦·坡小说创作的独特风格。

In his terrible short story The Fall of the House of Usher, Allan Poe successfully utilizes various kinds of artistic skills, all of which contribute to the single effect the author intends the story to produce on the reader: The disintegration and annihilation of a human mind. It also manifests the unique style of Poe's stories.