2。 Literature Review

2。1 Researches of Setting of Suspense of The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher is one of the horror fictions written by Edgar Allan Poe。 Scholars at home mainly focus on three aspects of the research of this novel: literary form, psychological effect and style of art。

When we mention literary form of this short novel, the most representative theory is the theory of unified effect。 This effect is a branch of overall effect。 Consequentialism and the combination of effect is a main point of Poe’s critical theory (Mo Ran, 2013:130-130) as well as a standard whether a novel is successful or not。 Poe is actually a master of psychoanalysis。 From self-psychological aspect of the main character Roderick, environmental stagnancy, narcissistic personality, the rise of feminism, he exerts terrors as much as possible and it is facile to get the materials from the context so that most scholars concentrate on this aspect。 The artistic effect of this novel is Gothic。 And the bloodcurdling and stimulating scenes, such as murder, violence, vengeance, rape, insect even supernatural, construct atmosphere which is gloomy, horrible and full of suspense。论文网

Therefore, most scholars at home choose the topic of mentality but lack theoretical and objective analysis。 Expect for those topics mentioned above, researches abroad have comparatively multiple verticals such as medicine, linguistics and sentience as well as their own viewpoint, based on credible theory and facts。

Here is an example of the same category of words in the fiction。 I shall argue that those dropped ds serve to signify both Poe’s characteristic self-referentiality and the overall theme and technique of reflexivity and mirror symmetry (Ketterer, David, 1999:192-205)。 Another example of symbolism is like the house of itself so central to both a story’s plot and his network of symbolism (Peepless, 2002)。 Comparatively speaking, researches abroad view the literary works in a more flexible angle。

One of the interesting issues is how the literary works are applied into medical field。 Poe described a “mental disorder” and an “acute bodily illness” with spasmodic exacerbation correlative with porphyria in Roderick Usher。(Rickman, L。 S, 1989:863-4) Therefore, this kind of production contains both literariness and science and it expanse the restricted former domain of literature。

The linguistic and sentient aspect is not a unique topic discussed by foreign researchers。 However, what is distinguishing is that foreigners tend to focus on more detailed aspects such as duplication of certain words, or “shudder” (Ketterer, David, 1999:192-205), the cryptogram in the novel, Poe’s aesthetics of contamination etc。文献综述

Researches at home and abroad both have fundamental functions to our topic of setting of suspense。 Actually, the setting of suspense in The Fall of the House of Usher cannot be generalized by some certain words or sentences or grammatical points。 It must combine different academic results which has made by scholars all around the word and reach the essence。 Before reaching any academic result, it is duty to make thorough preparations。