As a central figure of Romanticism in American literature and one of the greatest American poets, Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his masterpiece The Raven, which talks about a mysterious visit of a talking raven to a distressed lover, tracing the lover's slow fall into madness. This poem is noted for its musical rhythm, dolorous atmosphere, special devices and unique imagery. Defamiliarization is the main principle of Russian formalism. Literature defamiliarizes things that have become habitual or automatic and then produces the effect of freshness in the reader's experience of it. This thesis is intended to analyze this poem in the light of defamiliarization mainly from four aspects: the subject, the plot and the language, and the symbolic meaning, which aims at helping the readers have a more profound understanding of the poem.%美国浪漫主义时期著名诗人埃德加·爱伦·坡所创作的《乌鸦》是一首悼念已故挚爱的诗歌.诗歌因其优美的韵律、忧伤的气氛、巧妙的修辞、特殊的意象给读者留下了深刻的印象.陌生化是俄国形式主义核心概念之一,其含义就是对人们所熟知的事物进行陌生化处理,以此给读者带来陌生新鲜的感觉.陌生化在诗歌《乌鸦》的主题、情节、语言和象征意义等多方面都有体现,从陌生化的角度解读《乌鸦》,可帮助读者更加深刻地理解诗歌的艺术魅力.
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