| On Ambrose Bierce''''s Supernatural Story |
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| 引用本文： | 刘玉红. On Ambrose Bierce''''s Supernatural Story[J]. 广西师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版), 2002, 0(Z3) |
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| 作者姓名： | 刘玉红 |
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| 作者单位： | 广西师范大学外国语学院 |
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| 摘 要： | There are two reasons that we categorize Ambrose Bierce as a Gothic writer:the pervasive deaththeme and his devotion to ghost story.Bierce is part of the strong current of pessimism which flowsall the way through the history of American literature.Within this profound and significant tradition,he shares,to a greater or lesser extent,a darker vision of America' s destiny with Melville,Hawthorne,Poe,Stephen Crane,William Faulkner and many contemporary novelists.From his turbulent,unhappy li…
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On Ambrose Bierce''''s Supernatural Story |
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| LIU Yu hong. On Ambrose Bierce''''s Supernatural Story[J]. Journal of Guangxi Normal University(Philosphy and Social Science Edition)nce Edition), 2002, 0(Z3) |
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| Authors: | LIU Yu hong |
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| Abstract: | An influential writer in the 19th century in America, Ambrose Bierce is noted for his devotion to the ghost story. The supernatural in his stories, like Poe, mirrors human psychology. Generally there are three groups of the supernatural in his short story: the Supernatural Gothic, the psychic story, and the story of ironic terror. This article, through text reading, tries to prove that these three groups, from different angles, reflect Bierce's belief that when confronting with the ultimate existential plights, a person reveals the nature of his character through his psychological words. |
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| Keywords: | ghost story the Gothic psychological significance |
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