Blurring the Boundaries of Poetics: A Stylistic and Narrative Analysis of Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Haunted Palace”

Marushchak, Nika (2025) Blurring the Boundaries of Poetics: A Stylistic and Narrative Analysis of Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Haunted Palace” Acta Humanitatis, 3 (1). с. 25-40. ISSN 2956-8714

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This article focuses on the intersection of poetic and narrative forms in Edgar Allan Poe’s prose and poetry, offering a close study of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Haunted Palace.” While Poe argues that poetry and prose serve different artistic purposes (Beauty for the former and Truth or Passion for the latter), his literary works prove the contrary. The research aims to analyze Poe’s language choices across both genres and to determine whether the formal boundaries between them are deliberately blurred. A qualitative comparative method is employed, analysing core narrative components (plot, perspective, setting, characters) and foregrounded stylistic features (in particular, deviation, parallelism and sound patterning) in both texts. The findings indicate that Poe’s prose and poetry embed poeticism and narrativity respectively, with both forms elaborating the themes of mental breakdown, decay, and unreliability. Moreover, the insertion of “The Haunted Palace” into the “The Fall of the House of Usher” is considered as a purposeful merge rather than a mere illustration. This research concludes that Poe’s poetics represent a hybrid aesthetic that transcends solid genre classifications. The authorial individual stylistic and structural choices invite the readers to experience his poetry and prose from a different perspective. The research contributes to broader discussions in poetics by highlighting the emotional effects of cross-genre literary techniques.

Тип елементу :	Стаття
Ключові слова:	poetics; Edgar Allan Poe; narrative poetry; narrative perspective; stylistic analysis; genre hybridity
Типологія:	Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus Статті у періодичних виданнях > Наукові рецензовані журнали (входять до інших баз, крім перерахованих та Google Academy, мають ISSN, DOI, індекс цитування)
Підрозділи:	Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра лінгвістики та перекладу
Користувач, що депонує:	Ніка Андріївна Марущак
Дата внесення:	04 Лип 2025 05:51
Останні зміни:	04 Лип 2025 05:51
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/52476

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