从柏拉图美学的角度解读爱伦·坡作品中的死亡主题

An Analysis of Allan Poe's Beauty of Death from the Plato's Aesthetic Aspect

埃德加·爱伦·坡对死亡主题情有独钟,爱伦·坡对于死亡美的执着追求有多方面原因,因为坡的一生经历了众多亲人的离开,所以坡对死亡美有着特殊的情结。然而很少有人从美学理论角度分析爱伦·坡作品中死亡的体现,本文旨在从柏拉图美学理论诠析爱伦·坡作品《丽姬娅》和《艾雷奥兹拉》中,所体现的柏拉图爱本身,美和真善美之间关系的理论观,证明在真的理念存在下,目的是获得至高无上的善,从而达到一种永恒不变的不朽的美。

Edgar Allan Poe showed special preference on the theme of death, many of his works have demonstrated this theme. There are a lot of reasons for his persistent pursuit to beauty of death, because Poe experienced many relatives to leave, he has a special feeling to death. However, few people analyze beauty of death in his works from the Plato＇s Aesthetic Aspect. This paper aims to present Plato＇s aes- thetic theory which includes Essence of Beauty and The Relationship between Beauty and the True, the Good and the Beautiful in Ligeia and Eleonora, this theory proves that real ideas exist to get the supreme good, in order to pursue an eternal beauty.