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TheLegendofSleepyHollow

WashingtonIrving

thefirstAmericanManofLetters“cateredtoBritishsensibilities”

"ofandforEngland,ratherthanhisowncountry"promoteAmericanliteratureperfecttheAmericanshortstorywithoutanobligationtotheMORALorDIDACTIC

ENTERTAINratherthantoenlightenTheLegendofSleepyHollow

WashingtonIrving

IntroductionLifeexperience&majorworksWritingskillIntroductionWashingtonIrvingBornApril3,1783

NewYorkCity,

NewYorkDiedNovember28,1859

(aged

76)

Sunnyside,Tarrytown,NewYorkOccupationShortstorywriter,essayist,biographer,magazineeditor,diplomatLiterarymovementRomanticismSignature"RipVanWinkle"(1819)

"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"(1820)TheSketchBookof

Geoffrey

Crayon,GentGeorgeWashingtonChristopherColumbus1802,literarydebut(aseriesofletterstotheMorningChronicle)pseudonym:JonathanOldstyle1807,literarymagazineSalmagundi1809,AHistoryofNew-Yorksatireonself-importantlocalhistoryandcontemporarypolitics.BreakfreefromtheBritishliteratureInmid-1815,leftforEnglandtosalvagethefamilytradingcompany.remainedinEuropeforthenextseventeenyears.(till1832)LifeexperienceandmajorworksTheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent

acollectionof34essaysandshortstories

1819and1820"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"and"RipVanWinkle"firstuseofthepseudonym"GeoffreyCrayon“waspublishedinJune1822.InAugust1824,TalesofaTraveler1826,MadridtheFIRSTwidelyreadworkofAmericanliteratureADVANCEthereputationofAmericanwriterswithaninternationalaudience.1828AHistory

of

the

Life

and

Voyages

of

Christopher

Columbus1829

Chronicleofthe

ConquestofGranada1831VoyagesandDiscoveriesoftheCompanionsofColumbusIn1829,asSecretarytotheAmericanLegationinLondon.In1832,TalesoftheAlhambraAndthen,in1832,heRETURN

toAmericaIn1837,AdventuresofCaptainBonnevilleIrvingacquiredhisfamoushomeinTarrytown,NewYork,knownasSunnyside,in1835.In1842,asMinistertoSpain.Completedafive-volumebiographyofGeorgeWashingtonImitative,buthighlyskillfulHiswritingwithgreathumorAvoidmoralizingasmuchaspossibleVividandtruecharactersWritingskillBackgroundPre-ColumbianeraColonialperiodAmericanRevolution…TheLiteratureofRomanticismTherealworldHollowColonialperiodAmericanRevolutionHollowPLOTPLOTI1790TarryTown

SleepyHollowHeadlessHorseman

PLOTIIIchabodCrane:lean,lankyandextremelysuperstitiousteacherKatrinaVanTassel:theonlychildofawealthyfarmerBromBones:lovesKatrinaPLOTIII·AbigpartyisattheVanTassel’shome.·PeopletellstoriesaboutSleepyHollow.·Ichabodrideshomealone.·Ichabodencountersacloakedrider.·Therider’sheadisonhissaddle.·HeadlessHorsemanpicksuphisheadandthrowsittoIchabod.

PLOTIVIchabodhasmysteriouslydisappeared,leavingKatrinatomarryBones.Peopleonlytofindhiswanderinghorse,trampledsaddle,discardedhatandamysteriousshatteredpumpkin.

DoestheHeadlessHorsemanreallyexist?

NO.WhodoyouthinkhaspretendedtobetheHeadlessHorseman?

PLOTVTheghostisBromBonesindisguise.

IchabodreturnstoConnecticut.

KatrinaIchabodCraneBromBoneslovemarriedrivalinloveYoung18beautifulonlydaughterrichfamilyschemingTeacherConnecticutlankyunhandsomestrictpoorenjoystoriescowardgreedyHandsomeStrongruggedOutgoinghumoroushorsemanskill荷兰农夫的女儿卡特琳娜是睡谷中的女性代表，她的形象也不具有积极含义。她爱卖弄风情表面上和伊卡包德·克莱恩谈恋爱，却将伊卡包德·克莱恩玩弄于股掌间，只是为了把他的情敌降伏得牢牢的，正如叙述者所言，“这是一种诡计”。她并不是不解世事的单纯少女，而是在爱情上精于算计的女人。

SchemingwomenThechangingAmericansocietyOldtraditionsThemeTheconflictbetween

socialandidealsocietyAfterAmericanRevolution,thecolonieswereuniformedandtheeconomyhadbeendevelopingrapidly.Peoplebegantoindulgeinthepursuitofmaterialandmoneyinterest.SocialsocietyGettiredofAuthordescribesSleepyHollowasautopian(乌托邦的)placeinaromanticway.SleepyHollowistheidealsocietythatAuthordreamsof.IdealsocietyHopemostIchabod

urbanrepresent

Brom

represent

rural

conflictThesocialcontradictionsofAmericaatthattimehavebeendeeplyrevealedthroughthedescriptionofenvironmentandthemaincharacters.WashingtonIrvingdistinctlydemonstrateshisyearningtowardpeacefulsocietyaswellascriticismuponthesocialsociety.Americanhumor(美国式的幽默)1.humorous2.exaggeratedEdgarAllanPoeMarkTwainEnlightenmentTheabsurdstoryAnimportantformofliteratureduringtheColonialLaythefoundationforthedevelopmentAmericanliteratureLocalimpactIn1997thevillageofNorthTarrytown,NewYork,wheremanyeve