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Lecture SixWashington IrvingBy 张慧 hzhang831 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Contents Washington Irving Biographical Introduction Irvings writing career,major works and style Appreciating The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Irvings contributions to American Literature为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Washington Irving(1783-1859)Short story writer Essayist Biographer Historian为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Biographical Introduction(1)Family and Education Background Born into a wealthy New York merchant family as the youngest of eleven children Well-educated studied law at 16 and led for a time the leisurely life of a lawyer Reads widely,writes essays and poems from a very early age为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Working Experience In 1815,went to Europe to take care of his family business,which turned out to be a failure In 1818,he started to write to support himself and his family Spent seventeen years(1815-1832)in Britain,France,Germany,Italy,and SpainBiographical Introduction(2)为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Biographical Introduction(3)1826-1829,working as diplomatic attache in Spain 1829-1831,working as secretary of the United States Legation in London Explored local traditions,customs,and folklore Accumulated lots of material for writing公使 大使 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Late years In 1832,returned to America Declined a nomination to Congress and to run for the Mayor of New York Made his home at Sunnyside on the Hudson River at Tarrytown Spent the rest of his life leisurely and comfortably except for a period of four years(1842-1846)when he was away from home as Minister to SpainBiographical Introduction(4)Irvings home at Sunnyside为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Irvings writing career Major phase:1809-1832 conservative draw inspirations from the ruins and relics of Europe wrote about subjects either English or European The Sketch Book(1819-1820)Minor phase:1832-1859 Returned to America and influenced by the new spirit of nationalism Wrote about the American West,“American Books”A Tour on the Prairies 1835为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Major Works of Washington Irving The Sketch Book(1819-1820)Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus(1828)A Tour on the Prairies(1835)Life of Goldsmith(1840)Life of George Washington(1855-1859)为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Irvings Writing Style Beautiful“The style is the man”Gentility,urbanity,pleasantness Tone avoid moralizing as much as possible wrote to amuse and entertain(humor)Atmosphere Simple plot enveloped in rich atmosphere Characters vivid and true Language Polished,musical and humorousReading P64.为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Appreciating The Legend of Sleepy Hollow A General Introduction Setting Plot Structure Major Characters Ending Language Theme为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益A General Introduction First published in 1820 as the longest tale in The Sketch Book One of the earliest American short stories still read today Had been adapted into films for many times The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr.Toad(1949)by Walt Disney Sleepy Hollow(1999)by American Paramount 1999 edition film JohnnyDepp starred Ichabod Crane为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Time The story is set around 1790 Place in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town,New York a secluded valley called Sleepy HollowSetting为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Plot It tells the story of Ichabod Crane,a lean,lanky,and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut,who competes with Brom Bones,the town rowdy,for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel,the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer,Baltus Van Tassel.Ichabod and Katrina为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Language(reading P70.)Polished Humorous Vivid Musical 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Introduction:setting Development dramatic situation(conflict)Development(climax)EndStructure 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Major Characters in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane Brom Van Brunt Katrina Van Tessel Headless Horseman为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Ichabod Crane Identity a school teacher in the Sleepy Hollow,coming from Connecticut(a New Englander)Figure Ridiculous:tall and exceedingly lank,clumsy and ugly Personality Self-assertive Timid Greedy Shrewd An interloper Stands for the destructive force in village life 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Identity A native in the Sleepy Hollow An admirer of beautiful Katrina Van Tessel Figure strong and stoutBrom Van Brunt-Brom Bones(1)为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Personality Boisterous“Always ready for either a fight or a frolic”(81)Mischievous but inwardly good“More mischief than ill-will in his composition”(81)Rough but humorous“over-bearing roughness”“Strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom”(81)Country Bumpkin:a frontier typeBrom Van Brunt-Brom Bones(2)为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Daughter of a rich farmer Young,beautiful,charming desired by almost every eligible young man in Sleepy HollowKatrina Van Tessel为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Headless Horseman Mysterious Horrible“Thread”of the story为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Ending Comedic and Happy ending union and harmony Marriage not necessary but powerful expression of happiness harmony,peace and happiness trouble began trouble solved harmony为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Theme Men trying to find love in the wrong place the clash between the city and the country,between civilization and the wilderness.Abundance of Resources in America The lack of class structure in America 为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益Irvings Contributions to American literature“Father of the American literature”The first great prose stylist of American romanticism The first great belletrist(write for pleasure)The first American writer of imaginative literature to gain international fame The short story as a genre in American literature probably began with Irvings The Sketch Book The Sketch Book is believed as the first great American juvenile literature that marked the beginning of American romanticism.为了规范事业单位聘用关系,建立和完善适应社会主义市场经济体制的事业单位工作人员聘用制度,保障用人单位和职工的合法权益 Thanks for your attention!