美国文学欣赏Washington_Irving.ppt

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1、WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)“RipVanWinkle”（《瑞普·凡·温克尔》)WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)I.PositioninAmericanliteratureII.LifeIII.WorksIV.LiteraryAchievementsV.StyleVI.ContributionsI.PositioninAmericanliteratureFatherofAmericanliterature1.thefirstAmerican(true)litera

2、rywriter2.thefirstAmericanmanofletters3.America’sfirstgenuineinternationallybest-sellingauthor4.thefirstbelletristinAmericanliterature,writingforpleasureatatimewhenwritingwaspracticalandforusefulpurposes-------------------------------------------------------

3、------------------belletristn.纯文学作者5.thefirstAmericanwritertoearnhislivingsolelybyhispen6.thefirstAmericanliteraryhumorist7.thefirstmodernshortstorywriter8.thefirsttowritehistoryandbiographyasentertainment9.HisuseofthegothiclooksforwardtoPoe.10.themessengers

4、entfromthenewworldtotheoldworld11.“theAmericanGoldsmith”MarkTwainalsoiscalledtheFatherofAmericanLiteraturethetrueFatherofAmericanLiteratureII.lifeandliterarycareerBorn:3April1783Birthplace:NewYork,NewYorkDied:28November1859namedforGeorgeWashington;hisparents

5、wereadmirersofGeneralWashington.Irvingwasbornin1783,theyearinwhichBenjaminFranklinsignedatParisthetreatyofpeacewithEnglandaftertheRevolutionaryWar.Irving'smotherwasborninEnglandstudiedlawamusedhimselfbywritingforperiodicalsFrom1804to1806hisolderbrothersfinan

6、cedhistourofFranceandItaly.UnderthepseudonymDiedrichKnickerbocker,hepublishedAHistoryofNewYork(1809),asatirethathasbeencalledthefirstgreatbookofcomicliteraturewrittenbyanAmerican.In1820,IrvingpublishedTheSketchBookunderthepseudonymGeoffreyCrayon.Thehitbookma

7、deIrvingthefirstAmericanauthortogainrealfameinEurope.Thestories(including“RipVanWinkle”and“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”)appearedseriallyin1819–20.TheirenthusiasticreceptionmadeIrvingthebest-knownfigureinAmericanliteraturebothathomeandabroad.Insearchofcolorfulmat

8、erial,hemadeajourneytothefrontierandwroteabouttheAmericanWestinATourofthePrairies(《大草原游记》,1835).Latelife:acolossal5-volumebiographyofGeorgeWashingtonabiographyofChristopherColumbusisstillconside