Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Style of Writing in Graded Reader Publications

Abstract

This paper deals with the question of retaining Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in Graded Reader Publications. Poe's writing style is characterized in the first chapter, the style of Graded Readers in the second chapter. In the last chapter, the original version of Poe's short story "The Black Cat" is compared to its simplified version, graded according to the language levels of Penguin Graded Readers. The aim of this analysis is to determine whether Poe's unique writing style and his original intention are retained in the adapted versions of his works.