Key Words: Edgar Allan Poe; The Gold Bug; race and slavery; effect theory; literary imagination
摘要 纵观十八世纪美国文坛，其间出现了很多出色的作家和文学评论家。他们凭借其出色的作品和创作才华在美国文学界声名鹊起，名噪一时，不仅在当时掀起一波文学浪潮同时也对后世的作家学者留下深刻影响。而正是在这个美国浪漫主义文学运动兴起的时期，出现了一位杰出的作家，他就是埃德加•爱伦坡。 说他是十八世纪最为出众的作家和诗人也不为过。回顾他的文学生涯，坡广泛涉猎各种主题，各类形式的文学体裁。但是他笔下的每个人物和情节都有其独一无二，可圈可点之处。因而他的每一部作品都能在美国大行其道，广受欢迎。
坡是一位博学多识的作家。在他创作和设计人物情节的时候，时常才思敏捷，想象大胆而丰富。他所创作的故事每每发生在不同的时代背景和环境之下，并且每个人物的设定都各有特点。在他的作品中，我们能够发现融入了许许多多的元素，包括语言、文化、习俗、场景并有时候涉及种族，换句话说，这是在当时美国最为敏感的热点话题。爱伦坡的文学功底和其对待创作的良苦用心可见一斑，堪称为一代文学大师。除此之外， 爱伦坡自己也创作出一种全新的文学体裁，那就是爱伦坡侦探推理系列小说。它不仅为文学界打开了一扇大门，也为广大读者群众所青睐。而在他的推理短篇小说当中，《金甲虫》就是一部值得我们研读的作品。
本论文将尝试从种族，海盗，寻宝的多角度下分析爱伦坡的侦探小说创作，并对其作品里呈现出的奴隶主与奴隶不一样的主仆关系，寻找海盗留下的宝藏的探险故事，以及坡通过艺术加工使情节达到一种美的效果的叙述过程进行分析和解读，从而对坡的文学创作有更加深入的了解。文章第一部分会对爱伦坡及其侦探推理小说，以及金甲虫进行简要介绍。第二部分将阐明爱伦坡本人对种族和奴隶制所持的观点和态度。第三部分则对爱伦坡作品进行深入剖析，发觉对于情节铺排，文学想象，效果美学等在其作品中的体现。最后部分为总结部分。
毕业论文关键词：爱伦•坡；《金甲虫》 ；种族与奴隶；效果美学；文学想象
CONTENTS
Acknowledgementsi
Abstract..ii
摘要iv
1 Introduction.1
1.1 Edgar Allan Poe ..1
1.2 Poe’s Detective Reasoning Tales.3
1.3 The Gold Bug.4
2 Poe’s Attitude towards Race in The Gold .Bug..6
2.1 Contrast of Black People in Tradition and in Poe’s Tales6
2.2 Images of Jupiter in The Gold Bug..7
2.3 Poe’s Reflection on Race and Slavery9
3 Historical Writing and Poe’s Literary Imagination.11
3.1 Poe’s Effect Theory ..11
3.2 Pirate and John Kidd ..13
3.3 Treasure Hunt in The Gold Bug..14
4 Conclusion..15
Bibliography16
1 Introduction
Regarded as one of the most splendid American authors and poets of the Romantic Movement, Edgar Allan Poe rose to critically appreciation for his poetry and short stories in the early 80s. His work also boldly involved in the forms of the terror and mystery. Actually speaking, Poe was beyond question appraised as the founder of detective style fiction, which promoted him with the literary spotlight. In addition, the exciting appearance of science fiction was another topic that Poe paid a lot attention and drew inspiration from. He was not only honored as one of the unprecedented authors ought to be kept a watchful eye in history as a writer full of wit, but also he laid a solid foundation for the following authors’ writing career and in the process left a permanent milestone. His masterpieces obtained literary affirmation for his remarkable and impressive literary criticism style, which has become popular from mouth to mouth all the times. 种族•海盗•淘宝效果美学视阈下的《金甲虫》(2):http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_28996.html