埃德加·爱伦·坡是19世纪美国著名的小说家,诗人,散文家和评论家。《椭圆形画像》是爱伦坡的短篇小说之一,这部作品不归属于恐怖小说,也不是侦探小说,但是在行文中透露着恐怖元素。他把这种恐怖元素与美学原理完美相结合,同时提倡的效果统一论和创新原则,并且把这些文学理论在《椭圆形画像》中得到了充分的应用和体现。 Edgar Allan Poe is a famous 19th century American novelist, poet, essayist and critic. Oval Portraits, one of Allan Poe’s short stories, does not belong to horror novels or detective stories, but reveals elements of horror. He combines this element of aesthetics with the aesthetic principle perfectly, and at the same time advocates the principle of unity of effect and innovation, and fully applies these literary theories in “oval portraits.”