美国文学欣赏.pptxVIP

美国文学欣赏第1页/共49页 Washington Irving(1783-1859)I. Position in American literatureII. Life III. WorksIV. Literary AchievementsV. StyleVI. Contributions第2页/共49页 I. Position in American literatureFather of American literature1. the first American (true) literary writer2. the first American man of letters3. America’s first genuine internationally best-selling author 第3页/共49页 4. the first belletrist in American literature, writing for pleasure at a time when writing was practical and for useful purposes -------------------------------------------------------------------------belletrist n. 纯文学作者第4页/共49页 5. the first American writer to earn his living solely by his pen6. the first American literary humorist7. the first modern short story writer8. the first to write history and biography as entertainment第5页/共49页 9. His use of the gothic looks forward to Poe.10. the messenger sent from the new world to the old world11. “the American Goldsmith”第6页/共49页 Mark Twain also is called the Father of American Literaturethe true Father of American Literature第7页/共49页 II. life and literary careerBorn: 3 April 1783Birthplace: New York, New YorkDied: 28 November 1859named for George Washington; his parents were admirers of General Washington.第8页/共49页 第9页/共49页 Irving was born in 1783, the year in which Benjamin Franklin signed at Paris the treaty of peace with England after the Revolutionary War. 第10页/共49页 Irvings mother was born in Englandstudied lawamused himself by writing for periodicals From 1804 to 1806 his older brothers financed his tour of France and Italy. 第11页/共49页 Under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, he published A History of New York (1809), a satire that has been called the first great book of comic literature written by an American. 第12页/共49页 第13页/共49页 In 1820, Irving published The Sketch Book under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The hit book made Irving the first American author to gain real fame in Europe. 第14页/共49页 The stories (including “Rip Van Winkle” and