This thesis probes into the irony of continuity haunting in The Continuous Life, a collection of poetry by Mark Strand, the renowned American Surrealist.

Despite the fact that modern and contemporary Chinese fable has achieved a great deal in its creation, a considerable number of fable writings show the tendency in terms of conception and representation towards separation from fabulosity, loss of tale plot or neglect of originality.

Utopia literature refers to a category literature which describes ideal political institution and life style?Like the similar literature in other countries, the British utopia literature undergoes the process of utopia, mock-utopia and dystopia, and in line with the development, its artistic method also changes from straightforward description, irony to allegory.

He believes that Yuanhe style should include allegory poem by Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi.

My Kinsman, Major Molineux is Hawthorne s another allegorical initiation story which is seldom known by people.