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1、2024/4/18 周四1目录AppreciationofhisworksIntroductionofAmericanRomanticismIntroductionofW.IrvingIrvingscontributiontoAmericanLiterature2024/4/18 周四2AmericanRomanticism(1810s-1860s)TheRomanticPeriodcoversthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.ArisingAmericawithitsidealsofdemocracyandequality,itsindustrialization,i

2、tswesternexpansion,andavarietyofforeigninfluencessuchasSirWalterScottwereamongtheimportantfactorswhichmadeliteraryexpansionandexpressionnotonlypossiblebutalsoinevitableintheperiodimmediatelyfollowingthenationspoliticalindependence.Yet,2024/4/18 周四3Romanticsfrequentlysharedcertaingeneralcharacteristi

3、cs:moralenthusiasm,faithinvalueofindividualismandapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofgoodnessandmanssocietiesasourceofcorruption.RomanticvalueswereprominentinAmericanpolitics,art,andphilosophyuntiltheCivilWar.Theromanticexaltationoftheindividualsuitedthenationsrevolutionaryheritageanditsfront

4、ieregalitarianism.2024/4/18 周四4AboutIrvingWorksofIrvingPositioninAmericanLiteratureBriefintroductionofIrving2024/4/18 周四5IntroductionofW.IrvingBorn:3,April,1783Died:28November,1859HewasanAmericanauthor,essayist,biographerandhistorianoftheearly19thcentury.IrvingalsoistheU.SministertoSpainfrom1842to18

5、462024/4/18 周四6Works1809HisfirstbookAHistoryofNewYork纽约外史wasagreatsuccessandwonhimwidepopularity1819-1820WiththepublicationofTheSketchBook见闻札记又名柑掌录,hewonameasureofinternationalrecognition1828TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus2024/4/18 周四71829AChronicoftheConquestofGranada1832TheAlham

6、bra1842-1846LifeofGoldsmithLifeofWashington.2024/4/18 周四82024/4/18 周四9PositioninAmericanLiteratureHewasthefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteraturetogaininternationalfameHewasthefatherofAmericanliteratureforhisfirstbookTheHistoryofNewYorkacclaimingthebeginofAmericanRomanticismTheSketchBookisthefirs

7、tshortstoryinAmericanliterature2024/4/18 周四10TheSketchBookTheLegendofSleepyHollow睡谷的传说RipVanWinkle瑞普凡温克尔2024/4/18 周四11RipVanWINKLEThestoryissetintheyearsbeforeandaftertheAmericanRevolutionaryWar2024/4/18 周四12TheplotAvillagerofDutchdescentescapeshisnaggingwifebywanderingupMountains.Aftervariousadvent

8、ures,hesettlesdownunderashadytreeandfallsasleep.Hewakesup20yearslaterandreturnstohisvillage.Hefindsoutthathiswifeisdeadandhisclosefriendshavediedinawarorgonesomewhereelse.HeimmediatelygetsintotroublewhenhehailshimselfaloyalsubjectofGeorgeIII,notknowingthatinthemeantimetheAmericanRevolutionhastakenpl

9、aceandheisnotsupposedtobealoyalsubjectofanyHanoveriananylonger.2024/4/18 周四13Inmyopinion,Ripsisacontradictorycharacter.Ontheonehand,Althoughheisladenwithresponsibilityforthebreadwinner,buthatredwork.SoRipsfieldsisoneoftheworst.Ontheotherhand,Ripshatredwork,butheverykeentohelpneighbors.Thoughdistinct

10、tothisreflectsthatheisakind,butafraidoffamilyresponsibility.The2024/4/18 周四14TheLegendofSleepyHollowThestoryissetin1790intheDutchsettlementofTarryTown.IttellsamiraculousstoryabouttheunsuccessfulloveaffairofIchabodCrane,acountryteacher,whichiscombinedwiththelegendofaheadlesshorseman2024/4/18 周四152024/4/18 周四162024/4/18 周四17

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