1、The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,Members: 林彩虹201004001625 袁冬林201004001628 賴 信201004001611 鄧成利201004001630,The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,小說概要:,小說中的故事發(fā)生在約1790年的美國紐約州東南部一個(gè)荷蘭人聚居的村莊塔里敦（Tarry Town），在一座名為“沉睡谷”（Sleepy Hollow）偏僻的狹谷中，來自康涅狄格州的傲慢男教員伊奇博德克瑞恩（Ichabod Crane），他同村里的另一個(gè)青年Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt爭奪18歲女孩

2、卡翠娜凡塔賽爾（Katrina Van Tassel）的芳心，她是當(dāng)?shù)匾粋€(gè)富農(nóng)的女兒。一個(gè)秋天的晚上，當(dāng)克瑞恩從凡塔賽爾家的一次派對上離開時(shí)，他被無頭騎士追趕，傳說無頭騎士曾是一個(gè)驍勇善戰(zhàn)的黑森騎兵，在美國獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭的一場無名戰(zhàn)爭中被對手砍下了自己的頭顱，從此他總是在月黑風(fēng)高的夜晚在村莊出沒，尋找自己失落已久的頭顱。,Contents:, 、 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1.1、The protagonist of this story 1.2、The protagonists physical features 1.3、The meaning of his name

3、 、The writers language: 1.1、Gothic style 1.2、Humorous 1.3、Satire 1.4、Rhetoric devices 、References,The protagonist of this story:,The protagonist of this story is Ichabod Crane(伊奇博德克瑞恩) The protagonists physical features: He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, h

4、andsor some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.( P70. paragraph2.line9),他身材高，而非常瘦，狹窄的肩膀，長臂長腿，一雙手吊在袖子外面一里之遙，腳可以用來做鏟子，全身骨骼都是極松弛地連在一起，吊兒郎當(dāng)。他的頭很小，頭頂平坦，耳朵非常大，綠玻璃似的大眼睛，鷸鳥喙似的長鼻子，因此他的頭像一只風(fēng)信雞，高棲在他細(xì)長的頸項(xiàng)上，彷佛在那裏辨別風(fēng)向。在臺大風(fēng)的日子，你如果看見他大踏步在小山的側(cè)面上走著，他的衣服被風(fēng)吹得膨脹起來，在他周身上下飄舞著，你也許會把他當(dāng)作旱魃下降世間，或是田野裏逃出來的一個(gè)稻草人。,The meaning of h

5、is name:,Crane: A large bird with long legs and a long neck; In Chinese, it means “鶴”,The writers language:,1、Gothic style 2、Humorous 3、Satire 4、Rhetoric devices Parallelism Irony Metaphor Simile Personification Contrast,Gothicnovel哥特式小說,1. Setting in a castle. 2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspen

6、se（懸念）. 3. An ancient prophecy（預(yù)言） is connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present).,4. Omens, portents, visions（預(yù)兆）.,5. Supernatural（超自然的） or otherwise inexplicable（莫名其妙的） events. 6. High, even overwrought（過度緊張） emotion. 7. Women in distress（危險(xiǎn)，困難）. 8. Women threatened by

7、a powerful, impulsive（沖動(dòng)）, tyrannical（專橫） male. 9. The metonymy（轉(zhuǎn)喻） of gloom（陰暗，憂郁） and horror（恐懼）.,Gothic style:,1、Certain it is, the placeseems to make it the favorite scene of her gambles.(P68,paragraph1.) 2、The dominant spirit, however,and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybrea

8、k.(P68-69) 3、Such is general purport of this legendary superstition,，by the name of the Heaseman of Sleepy Hollow.(P69,paragraph2) 4、However wide awake they may have been before they entered that ，and see apparitions. (P69,parpgraph3),Humorous：,1、So that it looked like a weather-cock(風(fēng)信雞),to tell wh

9、ich way the wind blew.(P70,paragraph2) 2、Your mere puny striplingand sullen beneath the birch.(P71, paragraph2）,Satire:,1、Truth to say, he was a scholars certainly were not spoiled.(P71, paragraph1) 2、I would not have it imagined, however. All this he called “doing his duty by their parents”(P71, pa

10、ragraph2),Rhetoric devices:,parallelism: 1、From hence the low murmur of his pupils voices,as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge.(P71, paragraph1) 2、What fearful shapes and the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings !(P75-76),Irony:,Truth to say, he was a scho

11、lars certainly were not spoiled.(P71, paragraph1） Metaphor: The revenue arising from had the dilating powers of an anaconda;(P72, paragraph1) Simile: And like the lion boldthe lamb did hold(p72, paragraph2),Personification:,Every window and crevice of whichwere enjoying the sunshine on the roof.(P77) Contrast: Thus while the busy dame bustled，that hour so favorable to the lovers eloquence.(P82-83),Refer