Transcript Washington Irving

Washington Irving
His life
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His name
His fiancee
A full-time writer
His works
• Irving was the first American writer to
achieve international recognition. He was
known as America’s literary ambassador
to Europe.
• “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow” are today two of Irving’s
best known stories. In addition to being a
fiction writer, Irving was also a historian
and biographer.
Interpreting Rip Van Winkle
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What is the truth of this fiction?
What is its relevance to history?
The other American dream.
Rip was the first American storyteller
created in a literary text
• The origin of an androcentric narrative
type
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A short stories: a brief prose fiction
Plot
Setting
Characterization
Point of view
Theme
Style
The theme of Rip
• The story of man who has difficulties
facing his advantage age; 2. The
contradictory impulses in America toward
work—the puritan attitude as opposed to
the American desire for leisure; 3. The
theme of escape from one’s
responsibilities and even one’s history, and
4). The loss of identity.
Writing style
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His humor
His vivid characterization
His sense of irony
His finished style
The definiteness of American—especially
New York—location.