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1、WashingtonIrvingandHisNovel------TheLegendofSleepyHollowAbstract:TheLegendofSleepyHollowisoneofWashingtonIrving’srepresentatives.Althoughthenovelhasbeenpublishednearlytwocenturies,itisstillapopularnovel.Inhismostacclaimedachievement,TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent(1819–1820),hecr
2、eatedcharmingsketches,tales,andtravelreminiscences.Widelyreadinitstime,thebookisrememberedfortheshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow.”Inthenovel，theauthordetailstherun-inofaConnecticutschoolmaster,IchabodCrane,withaheadlesshorseman—Irvingwoveelementsofmyth,legend,folklore,anddramainto
3、anarrativethatachievedalmostimmediateclassicstatus.Criticsgenerallyagreethat“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”providedamodelforthemodernshortstoryandintroducedimageryandarchetypesthatenrichednationalliterature.WhileIrving'sotherhistoricalwritingsarevaluedfortheirgracefulprosestyleandhistoric
4、alinterest,criticsgenerallyagreethat“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”is—alongwith“RipVanWinkle”—hismostlastingartisticachievement.Keywords:IchabodCrane;BromVanBrunt;Imagery;Myth;Legend;Typicalcharacters.Introduction7Ⅰ.TheAuthor’sIntroductionWashingtonIrving(1783-04-03–1859-11-28)wasanAmeric
5、anauthor,essayist,biographerandhistorianoftheearly19thcentury.Hewasbornintoasmallmerchantclassfamily.Inhischildhood,Irvingwasnotinterestedinthestudybutintheadventurestoriesanddrama.Hestudiedlawbutdidnotgiveupthewriting.Inthemid-1815,heleftforEnglandforhisfamilybusinessandremainedinE
6、uropeinthenext17years.In1842,IrvingwasappointedastheministertoSpan.AndontheeveningofNovember28,1859,WashingtonIrvingdiedoftheheartattackattheageof76.Ⅱ.BriefIntroductionof“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”openswithadescriptionoftheDutchNewYorkcommunityofSleepyHollow,l
7、ocatedinaruralvalleyneartheHudsonRiver.Irvingintroducesthetall,lankyschoolmasterIchabodCraneasafigureofmildderision,ahard-noseditinerantYankeefromConnecticutwhotakeshimselftooseriouslyandpossessesanenormousappetitedespitehisslightbuild.Proudofhiserudition,atleastincomparisontotherus
8、ticsheencountersinS
