睡谷的传说

睡谷的传说TheLegendOfTheSleepyHollowWriter:WashingtonIrving1783—1859(华盛顿欧文）oneoftheearliestromanticwritersinAmericanheisthefirsthumoristinAmericanliteratureknownforhissketches,shortstoriesandbiographies,hehasprobablymadeshortstoriesgenre(题材）inAmericanliterature.thefirsttowritehistoryandbiographyasentertainmentthefirstU.S.authortoachieveinternationalrenown.（国际声誉）TheFatherofAmericanLiteratureSunnysideThebigtreesaroundthehouseThebackyard•Heisbestknownforhisshortstories“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”and“RipVanWinkle”,bothofwhichappearinhisbookTheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent.•ThehitbookmadeIrvingthefirstAmericanauthortogainrealfameinAmerica.TheLegendOfTheSleepyHollow睡谷的传说BackgroundTheLegendofSleepyHollowsetintheDutchcultureofPost-RevolutionaryWarinNewYorkState.ItwasbasedonaGermanfolktale,whichoriginalrecordedbyKaelMusaus.Characters：KatrinalovemarriedIchabodCranerivalinloveBromBonesPlaces:TarryTown(塔里镇）Connecticut（康涅狄格州）Plot：•Thereweremanystoriesinthequietvalley--sleepyHollow.Butthestorythatpeoplebelievedmostwasaboutamanwhowasheadless,rodeahorseatnight.Herodeahorsethroughthevalley,lookingforhislosthead.NearSleepyHollowwasavillagecalledTarryTown.ThevillagehadasmallschoolandIchabodCranewastheonlyteacherinit.AmongthestudentsIchabodtaughtwasKatrinaVanTassel.ShewastheonlydaughterofarichDutchfarmer.IchabodsoonfoundhimselfinterestedinKatrina.ButtherewasalsoanotherstrongyoungmannamedBromBoneslovedKatrina.•SoIchabodmadehisplansilentlyandsecretly-visitedKatrina’sfarmandmadeherthinkhewashelpinghertolearnbetter.•OnedayIchabodwasinvitedtoabigpartyattheVanTassel‘shome.BromBonesalsorodetopartyonhisfastesthorse.•Whenthemusicstopped,youngpeoplesattogethertotellstoriesabouttheSleepyHollow.AndthemostfearedwasabouttheriderlookingforhislostheadThestoryendedandIchabodbegantowenthomealoneHethoughttherewassomethingwhitemovinginthetree.andheheardanoise.Onthesideoftheriverstoodanugly,bigandblackthing.Itlookedlikeagiantmonster.Ichabodsawaheadlessrideronthehorse.HisheadwasrestingonthehorseTheheadlessmanpickeduphisheadandthrewittoIchabod,ithitIchabodinthefaceandknockedhimoffhishorse.Nextday,peopleonlyfoundIchabod‘shat.TheybelievedtheheadlesshorsemanhadcarriedIchabodaway.MuchlateranoldfarmerreturnedfromoutsideandsaidhesawIchabod.AsforKatrina,hermotherandfathergaveherabigweddingwhenshemarriedBromBones.人物分析：•aheadlessrider：代表一种“超自然的力量”•IchabodCrane：小说讽刺的对象，他小心眼、迷信、缺乏创造力，给睡谷这个自给自足的小天地里带来不和谐的声音。伊卡包德·克莱恩是外部世界的代表，他被驱逐后，睡谷又恢复了往日的平静，从这个层面上看，在抵抗外部渗透的斗争中，睡谷中的荷兰人赢得了胜利。•Katrina：荷兰农夫的女儿卡特琳娜是睡谷中的女性代表，她的形象也不具有积极含义。她爱卖弄风情表面上和伊卡包德·克莱恩谈恋爱，却将伊卡包德·克莱恩玩弄于股掌间，只是为了把他的情敌降伏得牢牢的，正如叙述者所言，“这是一种诡计”。•BromBones：他与伊卡包德·克莱恩之争的实质是男性力量之争。他赢得了胜利，但是很快就会被卡特琳娜所束缚，捆住手脚。读后感：欧文的作品文笔清新，自然诙谐，富于乐感欧文笔下的《睡谷的传说》具有批判性，如《唐.吉坷德》一样具有极强的讽刺意味，但读者同时又为主人公的遭遇深感同情。