摘要

本文通过对哥特式风格爱伦坡小说心理描写的分析，以《厄榭府的崩塌》为例，从其时代背景、写作特色、主题研究、情节与场景设置以及其人物形象所能引起的一系列心理特征来分析，然后总的探讨爱伦坡哥特式小说的心理描写特色，以及爱伦坡哥特小说对后世的影响。第一部分总的探讨爱伦坡与哥特先说，第二部分以爱伦坡小说的典型作品《鄂榭府的崩塌》的人物心理描写，第三部分从环境描写、语言

关键词：爱伦坡 ；哥特风格； 坏境 ；主题 ；写作特色 ；心理描写

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the psychological description of the Gothic style of Poe's novels, this paper takes the Fall of the House of Usher as an example,analyzes the background, writing characteristics, theme research,plot and scene setting, and a series of psychological characteristics caused by its characters.

Key words: psychological description ; theme;gothic style; environment; writing features

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements I

摘要 II

Abstract III

Part One Introduction 1

Part Two Gothic Fiction 4

2.1The origin of Gothic novels 4

2.2 Edgar Allan Poe and Gothic Fiction 4

Part three Psychological description of the main characters in The Collapse of the House of Usher 5

3.1 Psychological description of the protagonist Roderick Usher 5

3.2 Mental description of "I" 6

Part Four Characteristics of psychological description in The Collapse of the House of Usher 6

4.1 Environment description 6

4.2 Language style 6

4.3 Rhythm of plot development 7

Part Five Rhetorical Effects of Psychological Description in The Collapse of the House of Usher 7

5.1The rhetorical effect of psychological description on readers 7

5.2Ironic effect of psychological description 8

5.3 Narrative effect of psychological description 8

Part Six Characteristics and themes of psychological description in Allan Poe's Gothic novels 9

6.1 Themes of Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic Novels 9

6.2 Influence of psychological description in the style ofAllan Poe's Gothic novels on later generations 9

Works Cited 10