Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

The father of the America short story.

Had developed three distinct kinds of narrative:

(1) tales of horror which frequently make use of psychological abnormalities.

(2) prose-poems which are lavish with tone color and symbolism.

(3) tales of ratiocination and detection.

Pieces:

"The Raven" (audio text)　

→ Baltimore the Raven 巴爾的摩烏鴉隊 is named after this.

"Lenore" (text)

"To Helen" (text)

"Annabel Lee" (audio text)

"Ligeia" (audio text)

"The Fall of the House of Usher" (text)

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New words:

colloquial:

Used in informal conversation rather than in writing or formal language.

通俗的，口語的。

alliteration:

頭韻。

elusiveness:

Difficult or impossible to find or catch.

巧妙閃比。易閃避。

ambiguity:

1. Something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning.

2. A confusing mixture of feelings or ideas that makes something hard to understand.

模稜兩可的詞句。 歧義，一語雙關。  疑惑，不確定。

allegory:

A story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral, religious, or political idea.

allegorical:

比喻的，寓意的。

fable:

A traditional story, usually about animals, that teaches a moral lesson.

parable:

A simple story with a moral or religious purpose, especially one told by Jesus Christ.

initiation:

A process or ceremony in which someone becomes a member of an organization, group or status.

River Styx: 冥河。

predecessor:

先驅者。  前輩。