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2024/4/18 周四1目录AppreciationofhisworksIntroductionofAmericanRomanticismIntroductionofW.IrvingIrvingscontributiontoAmericanLiterature2024/4/18 周四2AmericanRomanticism(1810s-1860s)TheRomanticPeriodcoversthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.ArisingAmericawithitsidealsofdemocracyandequality,itsindustrialization,itswesternexpansion,andavarietyofforeigninfluencessuchasSirWalterScottwereamongtheimportantfactorswhichmadeliteraryexpansionandexpressionnotonlypossiblebutalsoinevitableintheperiodimmediatelyfollowingthenationspoliticalindependence.Yet,2024/4/18 周四3Romanticsfrequentlysharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics:moralenthusiasm,faithinvalueofindividualismandapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofgoodnessandmanssocietiesasourceofcorruption.RomanticvalueswereprominentinAmericanpolitics,art,andphilosophyuntiltheCivilWar.Theromanticexaltationoftheindividualsuitedthenationsrevolutionaryheritageanditsfrontieregalitarianism.2024/4/18 周四4AboutIrvingWorksofIrvingPositioninAmericanLiteratureBriefintroductionofIrving2024/4/18 周四5IntroductionofW.IrvingBorn:3,April,1783Died:28November,1859HewasanAmericanauthor,essayist,biographerandhistorianoftheearly19thcentury.IrvingalsoistheU.SministertoSpainfrom1842to18462024/4/18 周四6Works1809HisfirstbookAHistoryofNewYork纽约外史wasagreatsuccessandwonhimwidepopularity1819-1820WiththepublicationofTheSketchBook见闻札记又名柑掌录,hewonameasureofinternationalrecognition1828TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus2024/4/18 周四71829AChronicoftheConquestofGranada1832TheAlhambra1842-1846LifeofGoldsmithLifeofWashington.2024/4/18 周四82024/4/18 周四9PositioninAmericanLiteratureHewasthefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteraturetogaininternationalfameHewasthefatherofAmericanliteratureforhisfirstbookTheHistoryofNewYorkacclaimingthebeginofAmericanRomanticismTheSketchBookisthefirstshortstoryinAmericanliterature2024/4/18 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.Aftervariousadventures,hesettlesdownunderashadytreeandfallsasleep.Hewakesup20yearslaterandreturnstohisvillage.Hefindsoutthathiswifeisdeadandhisclosefriendshavediedinawarorgonesomewhereelse.HeimmediatelygetsintotroublewhenhehailshimselfaloyalsubjectofGeorgeIII,notknowingthatinthemeantimetheAmericanRevolutionhastakenplaceandheisnotsupposedtobealoyalsubjectofanyHanoveriananylonger.2024/4/18 周四13Inmyopinion,Ripsisacontradictorycharacter.Ontheonehand,Althoughheisladenwithresponsibilityforthebreadwinner,buthatredwork.SoRipsfieldsisoneoftheworst.Ontheotherhand,Ripshatredwork,butheverykeentohelpneighbors.Thoughdistincttothisreflectsthatheisakind,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