查看更多>>摘要:The chivalric ideal is a moral system which medieval knights aimed to achieve.In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the chivalric ideal is identified as the pentangle and Sir Gawain is the representation of this chivalric ideal.However,this poem chal⁃lenges the chivalric ideal mainly by presenting a process of how Sir Gawain is challenged and transformed in the quest.Additionally, the chivalric ideal is deconstructed because the internal contradiction of it is exposed.
查看更多>>摘要:Gothic and terror are often mentioned when we review Poe's black cat.However,the author further found that the story and image of the black cat are inextricably linked with the bible.Perhaps Poe himself intended to reconstruct the bible story in the process of creating the Black Cat.Interpreting Poe's works from this perspective will give readers a deeper understanding of the gothic he has explored.