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3.3.4. Analysis of writing style 1. The use of humor Humor (sentences written in a funny way in order to amuse the reader) Jocular humor—Irving (for fun, for amusement) Satirical humor—Mark Twain (to satirize, to criticize) Tearful humor—O’ Henry (arouse sympathy on the poor) Black humor—Joseph Heller (humor in facing death) 2. Graceful, refined, fluent, dignified and standard language. His essays are models of English. 3. Romantic imagination and fantasies 4. Vivid and picturesque description of setting 3.4. Comment on Irving He is the first American man of letters to support himself as a professional writer. He is the first American author who explores native themes. He is the first American writer to win international recognition, and is extremely popular in Europe. His popularity comes from his humor (use dignified words for unimportant things/ to exaggerate the seriousness of the situation) Conservative in his attitude toward the social changes. * the game and the wine Nine writers to be discussed I. Romantic period Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe Nathanial Hawthorne Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson II. Realist period Mark Twain Theodore Dreiser III. Modern period F. S. Fitzgerald Eugene O’Neill I. Early Romantics 1.1. Background a. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, romanticism occurred and developed in Europe. b. Industrial Revolution and French Revolution (1789) (fighting for liberty, equality and fraternity) c. Inspiration initially came from two great men: one is French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau and German writer Goethe (also related to lake poets) ①. Goethe, Rousseau Lake Poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832): stressing feelings and individuality Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): to free the individual personality and feelings, to return to nature In 1798 Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly published the “Lyrical Ballads” , which marked the break with the classicism an