爱伦·坡《红死魔的面具》的叙事艺术

Narrative Art in The Masque of the Red Death by Allan Poe

爱伦·坡在《红死魔的面具》中表达主题与形式对应,是传统情节的奇异颠倒。小说形式可视为信息量积累过程,标题显示主客观间的矛盾。创造与毁灭,生与死象征两极。小说中悲哀的气氛愈来愈深沉,而浓重地全然笼罩着读者。《红死魔的面具》是专制统治者自身的"判决书"。

In The Masque of the Red Death, Allan Poe expresses the idea that its theme corresponds to its form, which is a strange inversion of the traditional plot. Its form can be considered as a process of accumulating the amount of information, and its title shows a contradiction between the subject and the object. Creation and destruction, life and death symbolize the two extremes, between which readers are heavily and completely enveloped in an atmosphere of stronger and deeper sorrow. The Masque of the Red Death is a notice of death sentence for absolute rulers themselves.