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1、.2010年美国文学课程论文题目IdlenessinCharactersofRipVanWinkle专业班级2007级英语1班学号0710010123学生姓名X-X指导教师陈智平指导教师职称教授学院名称外语学院完成日期:2010年6月1日....IdlenessinCharactersofRipVanWinkleAbstractWashingtonIrvingheldthepropositioninwritingnottoattempttoloftythemeortoseektolookwiseandlearnedandpreferredaddres
2、singhimselftothefeelingsandfancyofthereadermorethanhisjudgment.Thispaperisaimedatanalyzingcontextuallyhismasterpiece,“RipVanWinkle”accordingtotheseideastowhichheadheredincomposition.ItutilizesthethoughtthatavoidsmoralizingfromthepointoffocusingonRipVanWinklehimself,inparticular
3、hischaracters.AsanimportantpartofRip’sdisposition,idlenesscomplementsandenrichesthefigureofRip.ThispaperconcentratesonananalysisofRip’scharactersatfirstthenofhisidlenessandattemptstoseekwhatcausestheidlenessandwhattheidlenessreflects.Keywords:RipVanWinkle;character;idleness;cau
4、se;implication1.Introduction“RipVanWinkle”,oneimmortalarticlein“TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent”ofWashingIrving,tellsusanunbelievableandmagicaladventureofahenpeckedvillager.RipVanWinkle,theprotagonist,goeshuntinginquestforpeaceescapingfromhiswifeintheKaatskillMountains,meets
5、ahostofsingularmenplayingninepins,drinkstheirbeverageandhasadeepsleepfortwentyyears.Whenhereturnshome,notknowingtheAmericanRevolutionaryWarhastakenplace,hefindsalmosteverythinghaschanged.Ittakeshimsometimetoadjusthimselftothechangesandliveanormallife.“RipVanWinkle”isofeternalfa
6、scination,whichoftenattributestoexpressingchangeswithcontinuityandpreservationoftraditionandpresentingthemagicofimaginationintheshortstory(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_van_Winkle).Butsuccessofanexcellentfictioncanalsobefoundonthefiguresitcreates.Sothispaperskipshugetopicsli
7、kehistory,time,lifeanddeathbuttohaveananalysisoftheNobody,RipVanWinkle,inthevillage.2.Rip’scharacters..ThevividdescriptioninthearticlegivesageneraloutlineofRip’sentirepersonalities.Ashasbeenmodeled,Ripis“asimplegood-naturedman”,“akindneighbor”,“anobedienthenpeckedhusband”,and“a
8、pliantandmalleablefarmer”andhas“ahappymortaloffoolish,