消失的尸体

1. 消失的尸体

2. The murders in the Rue Morgue • Brief introduction and characters • Plot summary • Theme and analysis • Literature significance and reception

3. Brief introduction Edgar Allan Poe Graham’s Magazine In 1841 The first detective story Characters Dopin ---the detective The narrator--- Dopin’s friend The victim---Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter

4. In mess---broken furniture , removed bed and a tress of grey human hair babbled in blood . two bags four thousand francs in gold The doors and windows were closed. in chimney scratchs throttle The corpses throat --so entirely cut head -- fell off Crime scene

5. Clues • Neighbors who hear the murder give contradictory accounts about the murder’s languages. • Isolated ,few connection with neightors the murder---a powerful man • Autopsy the weapon---a sharp razor

6. Dupin’s analysis ⒈ doors—securely locked the windows chimney—too narrow ⒉outsides of the window---spring from a lightning rod into the window a strong one with agility ⒊Four thansouds francs in gold were still there not for money ⒋a thick tress of grey hair pulled out by roots from Madame L'Espanaye brutal ⒌the daught’s corpse was threw into the chimney+ Madame L'Espanaye’s head was entirely cut. Alien from humanity ⒍the marks of the hold + a man can not make these marks not human according to a book describing the behavior ofOurang-Outang

7. Theme and analysis • In a letter to friend Dr. Joseph Snodgrass, Poe said of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "its theme was the exercise of ingenuity in detecting a murderer.“ • Dupin's method emphasizes the importance of reading. --Helearns about orangutans from a written account by "Cuvier", the French zoologist. • The tale has an underlying metaphor for the battle of brains vs. brawn. The analyst's brainpower overcomes physical strength of the orangutan . • The story also contains Poe's often-used theme of the death of a beautiful woman, which he called the "most poetical topic in the world".

8. Literature significance and reception • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue": " changed the history of world literature." Often cited as the first detective fiction story, the character of Dupin became the prototype for many future fictional detectives • The genre is distinctive from a general mystery story in that the focus is on analysis. • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" also established many tropes that would become common elements in mystery fiction: the eccentric but brilliant detective, the bumbling constabulary, the first-person narration by a close personal friend. • Poe also initiates the storytelling device where the detective announces his solution and then explains the reasoning leading up to it. • It is also the first locked room mestery in detective fiction.

9. Thanks • Parters:何靖 李娜 谭文慧 马丽