Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2021)

Exploration of Gothic Elements in Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher

Authors
Xiaoli Zhang1, *
1Foreign Language Department, Shandong Institute of Business and Technology, Yantai, Shandong 264005, China
*Corresponding author. Email: gretazhang@163.com
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Xiaoli Zhang
Available Online 30 March 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220306.047How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Gloomy environment; Weird character; Abnormal psychology
Abstract

As representative Gothic work of Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher inherited Gothic tradition in western literature, and was added modernist elements of psychological analysis due to the innovation and development of Poe. By means of literature research, this article analyzes Gothic elements in The Fall of the House of Usher, subsequently, summarizes the function of Gothic characteristics in novel plotting, character shaping and spiritual struggle, so as to provide a further understanding of the literary view of Allan Poe and a deep insight into people’s psychological problems in modern society.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 March 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220306.047
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220306.047How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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