washington irving 1783-1859

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1、WashingtonIrving1783-1859ThefirstbelletristinAmericanliteratureWashingtonIrvingWashingtonIrvingI.BriefbiographyWashingtonIrving,(1783-1859)Americanauthor,shortstorywriter,essayist,poet,travelbookwriter,biographer,andcolumnist,bestknownfortheshortstories"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"and"RipVanWink

2、le".WashingtonIrving1．LifeA.Borninarichmerchantfamily,thelastof11childrenB.LikedtravelingandreadingC.LearnedlawbutmoreinterestedinwritingD.WenttoEnglandforfamilybusinessE.WrotetosupporthimselfafterbusinessfailureF.DiplomaticworkforaperiodWashingtonIrving2．Majorworks(1)AHistoryofNewYork(1

3、809)a.writtenunderthenameofD.K.;b.apopularandhumoroushandbookabouttheDutchsettlers;(2)BiographiesofGoldsmithandWashington(3)TheSketchBook(1819-20)a.acollectionofessays,sketchesandtales;b.ItmarksthebeginningofAmericanromanticism;c.Satireiswoventhroughoutthebook;d.Twofamousshortstoriesinthe

4、collection:"RipVanWinkle"and"TheLegendofSleepyHollow"WashingtonIrving"RipVanWinkle"1)thestory:RipfeltintosleepbeforetheAmericanIndependenceandwokeafteritandfoundtheworldcompletelychanged.2)thewriter’sconservativeattitudes(loveoftheoldworld'stradition,"anoldgentlemanspeakingEnglishnotAmerican

5、”)WashingtonIrving3.Achievements1)IrvingisthefirstbelletristinAmericanliterature,writingforpleasureatatimewhenwritingwaspracticalandforusefulpurposes.2)HeisthefirstAmericanliteraryhumorist.3)Hehaswrittenthefirstmodernshortstories.TheshortstoryasagenreinAmericanliteratureprobablybeganwithIrvi

6、ng'sTheSketchBook.WashingtonIrving4)Heisthefirsttowritehistoryandbiographyasentertainment.5)Heintroducedthenonfictionproseasaliterarygenre.6)HisuseofthegothiclooksforwardtoPoe.7)HewasthefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteraturetogaininternationalfame.WashingtonIrving4.Literarystyle(1)“Thest

7、yleistheman;”(2)neoclassicalinform;(3)Englishstyle+Germanfolktale+Americanlife=Irving’sstyle;II.TheAuthor’sAccountofHimselfThewholepieceofwritingcanbedividedintotwoparts.PartI(paragraphs1-3)TheauthordescribeshistravelsinAmerica.PartII(paragraphs4-