埃德加爱伦坡《厄舍府的倒塌》中的哥特恐怖ABSTRACT “The Fall of the House of Usher” is a recognized Gothic masterpiece as a perfect embodiment of Edgar Allan Poe’s aesthetics of effect. Based on the author’s published remarks about novel writing, especially the theory of unity of effect, this paper reveals the reason why this fiction is horrific by analyzing the bizarre experience the narrator expounds. This thesis consists three chapters. Chapter one analyzes how the descriptions of the weather, Roderick and the mansion in the beginning and the literary works in the novel create horror and bring a sense of reality to this horror. Chapter two introduces the connection between the protagonists and the surroundings and the logic of the plot to examine how the author internalizes the horror in the text. Chapter three identifies the author’s hidden moral from the perspective of the unreliability of the first person and the omission in the narrative. By the means of psychological portrayal and the first-person narrative, Allan Poe endues the text with a realistic yet uncanny atmosphere everywhere to maximize the horror, making this novel illustrate his notion of effect and at the same time achieve the horror of the soul he claimed. Key words: Edgar Allan Poe; “The Fall of the House of Usher”; Gothic horror 摘 要 《厄舍府的倒塌》是公认的哥特恐怖小说名作,也是对埃德加•爱伦•坡效果论的完美实践。本文以作者关于小说创作的观点,特别是统一效果论为基础,通过分析小说文本来解读这部小说的恐怖体现在何处。本文分为三个章节:第一章分析在小说开端对天气、罗德里克和厄舍府的描写和文中出现的文学作品如何营造恐怖,并且给这份恐怖带来真实感;第二章介绍人物和环境间的联系和情节的逻辑,分析作者如何将恐怖内化到文本之中;第三章分析文本里的留白和不可靠叙述找出作者隐藏的真实寓意。爱伦•坡在小说中利用心理刻画和第一人称视角让文本处处带有真实却又诡异的氛围,恐怖得以最大化,使得这部小说完美阐释了他的效果论的同时还达到了他声称的心灵的恐怖。 关键词:埃德加•爱伦•坡;《厄舍府的倒塌》;哥特恐怖 CONTENTS Acknowledgements…………………………………………………ii Abstract………………………………………………………….…iii 摘 要………………………………………………iv Introduction…………………………………………………………1 Chapter One Vividness of Poe’s Gothic Horror……...…………3 A. Horrific Effect Based on the Wording ………………………3 B. Realness of Horror Based on the Literary Works in the Fiction ………………………………………………………5 Chapter Two Integrity of Poe’s Gothic Horror…...………..8 A. Connectivity of the Characters and Gothic Objects………8 B. Logicality of the Death of the Protagonists…………10 Chapter Three Implicit Meanings behind Poe’s Gothic Horror………………………………………………………………12 A. Secrets Hidden by the Author………………………………12 B. Discoveries and Interpretations of the Secrets………………14 Conclusion…………..……………………………….……………17 Works Cited……………………………………………………..…18