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华盛顿·欧文语录

华盛顿·欧文语录

华盛顿·欧文语录华盛顿·欧文语录：探索人生的无限可能华盛顿·欧文（Washington Irving）是19世纪美国著名作家，他的作品以浪漫主义风格和幽默风趣而闻名于世。

他的语录不仅充满智慧和哲理，还深深触动人心。

在这篇文章中，我将探索华盛顿·欧文的语录，并探讨它们对我们人生的启示和指引。

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."（伟大的思想有目标，其他人只有愿望。

）这句话提醒我们，伟大的思想家和领导者之所以能够取得卓越成就，是因为他们有明确的目标和追求。

他们不仅有梦想，还有计划和行动。

相比之下，普通人只是抱有一些模糊的愿望，却缺乏实际的行动来实现它们。

我们应该向伟大的思想家们学习，明确自己的目标，并为之努力奋斗。

"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it."（小人物被不幸所驯服和征服，而伟大的思想却能超越它。

）这句话告诉我们，伟大的思想家和领导者具有无比的坚韧和韧性。

他们不会被逆境所击倒，而是能够从中汲取力量，继续前行。

相比之下，小人物容易被逆境击垮，丧失信心和勇气。

我们应该学会从逆境中成长，并保持积极的心态，以克服困难并取得成功。

"A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use."（尖酸刻薄的舌头是唯一一个随着不断使用而变得更锋利的工具。

）这句话提醒我们，我们的言辞和语气对他人的影响是巨大的。

尖酸刻薄的话语只会伤害他人，并最终伤害自己。

相反，友善和温和的言辞可以建立良好的人际关系，传递积极的能量。

我们应该学会控制自己的语言，以及时反思和改进自己的沟通方式。

WASHINGTON-IRVINGPPT课件

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❖ 欧文的短篇小说，因为它们充满了奇幻色彩， 大部分都取材于欧洲地区的古老传说，显得 及其神秘离奇。他的《鬼门关》，那是一个 关于鬼魂、冒险、寻宝的故事，虽然情节没 有那么的错综复杂，却也扣人心弦，引人入 胜。欧文叙述事情的口吻就像是一位慈祥的 老者坐在篝火旁略带睡意地讲故事一样，有 一种非同一般的魔力。
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❖ 生平简介 ❖ 睡谷传奇 ❖ 成就影响
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一 .生平简介
❖ 华盛顿·欧文(Washington Irving, 1783 年4 月3 日– 1859年11月28日)幼年体弱多病， 16岁辍学，先后 在几个律师事务所学法律，但对法律并没有兴趣， 喜爱文学，喜爱漫游。1804年因病赴欧洲休养，到 过法国、意大利和英国，一度想成为画家。1806年 回国后在弗吉尼亚州任律师，后帮助他的两个哥哥 经营进口生意。这时他与律师霍夫曼的女儿玛蒂尔 达订婚，妻子早逝于1809年，后来他虽有过几次恋 爱，却一直过着独身生活。
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❖ 欧文曾任美国驻英公使馆秘书。牛津大学曾 授予其名誉法学博士学位，英国皇家学会也 向他颁发了勋章。1832年欧文回到美国，在 纽约受到热烈欢迎。由于读者迫切需要他描 写本国的生活，他曾到新开发的美国西部进 行考察，写了《草原游记》。
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❖ 他还根据大皮货商约翰·雅各·阿斯托提供的材料。 为这个大财阀写了一部发家史：《阿斯托里亚》 (1838年)。1842年再度赴马德里，出任美国驻西班 牙公使。1846年回国，晚年是在他曾经描写过的睡 谷附近度过。这一时期他的主要作品是3部传记： 《哥尔德斯密斯传》(The Life of Oliver Goldsmith,1840年)、《穆罕默德及其继承者》 (Mahomet and His Successors,1849-1850年)和5

华盛顿欧文Washington Irving

华盛顿欧文Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820.
Plot Summary of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
• The story is set in 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town，New York，in a secluded（与世隔绝的） glen（峡 谷） called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky（过分瘦长的）, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut（康涅狄格州） who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the rowdy town, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer.
What is the truth of this story?
• Rip‟s “the other American dream”---Rip‟s confused state of mind upon waking from his 20-year slumber（睡眠）. How could everything have changed overnight? • a metaphor: The confusion is a true reflection of the psychological difficulty Americans at the time felt in understanding their recent national history. • an illustration of Irving‟s argument that change--- and revolution---upset the natural order of things, and of the fact that Irving never seemed to accept a modern democratic America

WASHINGTON IRVING 华盛顿·欧文

WASHINGTON IRVING 华盛顿·欧文
WASHINGTON
IRVING
Biography
CONTENTS
Writing style
Evaluation
Major works
Biography
CONTENTS
Writing style
Evaluation
Major works
Biography
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
He settled down in a small village and began the
writing of The Sketch Book
Youth 2
By the time when he was 23 years old (1809),he had roamed England, Holland, France Italy and Hudson Valley. After collecting sufficient original materials for writing and a good practice of editing a journal ,he formed his particular political Idea and writing style .
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EARLY YEARS
The Irving family settled in Manhattan, New York
City, and was part of the city's small, vibrant merchant class when Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, the same week city residents learned of the British ceasefire that ended the American Revolution; Irving’s mother named him after the hero of the revolution, George Washington. At age six, with the help of a nanny, Irving met his namesake, who was then living in New York after his inauguration as president in 1789. The president blessed young Irving, an encounter Irving later commemorated in a small watercolor painting, which still hangs in his home today. The Irving's lived at 131 William Street at the time of Washington Irving's birth. The family later moved across the street to 128 William St. Several of Washington Irving's older brothers became active New York merchants, and they encouraged their younger brother's literary aspirations, often supporting him financially as he pursued his writing career.

华盛顿欧文WashingtonIrving解析

华盛顿欧文WashingtonIrving解析
篇小说”。
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a
short story by Washington Irving
contained in his collection The Sketch
Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,
written while he was living in Birmingham,
(1783—1856)
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• The STRUCTURE of The PPT
• 1·His life • 2·His career and works • 3·His style • 4·His Contribution to American literature
Washington Irving was born on April 3,1783 into a wealthy New York merchant family,the youngest son of the family with 11 children.
Plot Summary of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
• The story is set in 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town，New York，in a secluded（与世隔绝的） glen（峡 谷） called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky（过分瘦长的）, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut（康涅狄格州 Bones" Van Brunt, the rowdy town, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer.

华盛顿·欧文

华盛顿·欧文

II. Literary Achievements
• 1809: A History of New York《纽约外史》 • 1820: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon,
Gent. 《见闻札记》in which two folktales: “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”(《睡谷传奇》) stand out as world classics. • 1822: Bracebridge Hall《布雷斯勃列奇庄园》 • 1824: Tales of a Traveller 《游客谈》 • 1835: A Tour of the Prairies《大草原游记》
• The first prose stylist of American romanticism. His writing marked the beginning of American romanticism.
• He not only provided a young nation with humorous, fictional accounts of the colonial past but also helped create an American mythology which is made up of stories about the American past so widely read as to be familiar to nearly every American.
• Now he’s chiefly remembered as the author of “Rip Van Wrinkle” and “The legend of Sleepy Hollow”.

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(3) The plot
❖ One autumn day he escapes his nagging wife by wandering up the mountains.
❖ There he encounters strangely dressed men, rumored to be the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew, who are playing nine-pins.
❖ The stories (including “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”) appeared serially in 1819– 20.
❖ Their enthusiastic reception made Irving the best-known figure in American literature both at home and abroad.
❖ The first American author to win international recognition
❖ The first prose stylist of American romanticism
❖ In his Sketch Book appeared the first modern American short stories.
❖ part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
❖ The story is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War.

Washington-Irving剖析

1. short story Rip Van Winkle 《瑞普 凡 温克尔》 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 《睡谷传奇》
1. short story
A prose narrative that is brief in nature
It also has many of the same characteristics of a novel including characters, setting and plot.
When he was 19, he published his “Jonathan Oldstyle” satires of New York life.
When he was 23, he was admitted to the New York bar. And his older brothers financed his tour of France and Italy.
However, due to length constraints, these characteristics and devices generally may not be as fully developed or as complex as those developed for a full-length novel. The short story usually deals with a single episode and often a single character.
The Van Tassel stronghold was situated on the banks of the Hudson, in one of those green, sheltered, fertile nooks in which the Dutch farmers are so fond of nestling. A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water. Hard by the farmhouse was a vast barn, every window and crevice of which seemed bursting forth with the treasures of the farm. Rows of pigeons were enjoying the sunshine on the roof. Sleek unwieldy porkers were grunting in the repose and abundance of their pens. A stately squadron of snowy geese were riding in an adjoining pond, convoying whole fleets of ducks; regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farmyard.

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❖ Certain it is that he was a great favorite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles, and never failed, whenever they talked those matters over in their evening gossipings, to lay all the blame on Dame Van Winkle. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached.
Tales of a Traveler (1824) 《游客述异》
Life of George Washington (1855-1859) 《华盛顿传》
II. Further Reading
1. Rip Van Winkle [TB. P.48] a. Background Information b. Story (the Kaatskill Mountains, the Hudson
❖ Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and longsuffering. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed.

华盛顿欧文

Washington Irving

Washington Irving(1783-1859) American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. He was one of the first American writers to earn an international reputation, and regarded as an early Romantic writer in the American literary history and Father of the American short stories.
Washington Irving

Irving’s hope, plan and dreams come to a crashing halt after the loss of his only love, yet he found his refuge from the grief in the researches on A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, which was a great success and won him wide popularity after it came out in 1809. With the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Irving won a measure of international fame on both sides of the Atlantic. The book contains familiar essays on the English life and Americanized versions of European folk tales like “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
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WASHINGTON IRVING
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Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
―The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow‖ Summary


The Sketch Book became wildly popular and widely reviewed both in the United States and in England. It was the first book by an American writer to become popular outside the United States, and helped establish American writing as a serious and respectable literature. In 1864, ‗‗The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' was published as a separate illustrated volume for the first time, and there have been dozens of editions since. Today, most of Irving's work has been largely forgotten, but the characters of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman have lived on as part of American folklore.
Narration


The story opens with a long descriptive passage offered in the first person by the narrator, who is revealed at the end of the story to be a man in a tavern who told the story to ‗‗D. K.‘‘ Irving's contemporaries, and readers of the entire Sketch Book, know that ''D. K." is Diedrich Knickerbocker, the fictional author of an earlier book of Irving's. The narrator describes the story's setting, creating images of a quaint, cozy Dutch village, ''one of the quietest places in the whole world,‘‘ in a ‗‗remote period of American history'' that seemed long ago even to Irving's original readers. The village is not just far away and long ago; it is a magical place, ‗‗under the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie.‘‘
Washington Irving (1783-1859)




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first American writer to be a great success in England 1828: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, research in Spain 1829-32: diplomat in London 1832-42: returns to U.S., builds home Sunnyside on Hudson River, New York 1842-46: minister to Spain 1851-59: 5 vol. life of George Washington As a historian, biographer, essayist, writer and politician, he is often referred to as "The Father of American Literature" or "The Father of American Letters."
―The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow‖ Summary

''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' takes place in Sleepy Hollow, New York, a rural valley near Tarry town in the Catskill Mountains. Constructed from German tales but set in America, it is a classic tale of the conflict between city and country, and between brains and brawn.

Ichabod Crane courts Katrina Van Tassel, but is frightened away by his rival, Brom Bones, masquerading as the headless horseman. The story demonstrates the two qualities for which Irving is best known: his humor, and his ability to create vivid descriptive imagery.
Analysis

Considered the first professional man of letters in the United States and the first American author to win recognition abroad, Irving is noted for his contribution to the short story genre. In his most acclaimed achievement, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819–20), he created charming sketches, tales, and travel reminiscences. Widely read in its time, the book is remembered for the short stories ―Rip Van Winkle‖ and ―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.‖
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―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖
―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖
Brief Introduction


The great American short story ‗‗The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‘‘ was written while Washington Irving was living in England, and it was published in England in a volume called The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Sketch Book was published in installments in the United States beginning in 1819, but the section that included this story was not issued until 1820. Readers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean thus encountered the story at approximately the same time.
Analysis

In the latter of these tales—which details the run-in of a Connecticut schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, with a headless horseman—Irving wove elements of myth, legend, folklore, and drama into a narrative that achieved almost immediate classic status. Critics generally agree that ―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖ provided a model for the modern short story and introduced imagery and archetypes that enriched national literature.