The-Legend-of-Sleepy-The-Legend-of-Sleepy-HollowHollow剖析剖析 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 小说概要小说概要:•小说中的故事发生在约小说中的故事发生在约1790年的美国纽约州东南部年的美国纽约州东南部一个荷兰人聚居的村庄塔里敦（一个荷兰人聚居的村庄塔里敦（Tarry Town），在），在一座名为一座名为“沉睡谷沉睡谷”（（Sleepy Hollow）偏僻的狭谷中，）偏僻的狭谷中，来自康涅狄格州的傲慢男教员伊奇博德来自康涅狄格州的傲慢男教员伊奇博德·克瑞恩克瑞恩（（Ichabod Crane），他同村里的另一个青年），他同村里的另一个青年Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt争夺争夺18岁女孩岁女孩卡翠娜卡翠娜·凡凡·塔赛尔（塔赛尔（Katrina Van Tassel）的芳心，）的芳心，她是当地一个富农的女儿一个秋天的晚上，当克她是当地一个富农的女儿一个秋天的晚上，当克瑞恩从凡瑞恩从凡·塔赛尔家的一次派对上离开时，他被无头塔赛尔家的一次派对上离开时，他被无头骑士追赶，传说无头骑士曾是一个骁勇善战的黑森骑士追赶，传说无头骑士曾是一个骁勇善战的黑森骑兵，在美国独立战争的一场无名战争中被对手砍骑兵，在美国独立战争的一场无名战争中被对手砍下了自己的头颅，从此他总是在月黑风高的夜晚在下了自己的头颅，从此他总是在月黑风高的夜晚在村庄出没，寻找自己失落已久的头颅。
村庄出没，寻找自己失落已久的头颅 Contents:•Ⅰ 、 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow •1.1、The protagonist of this story •1.2、The protagonist’s physical features•1.3、The meaning of his name•Ⅱ、The writer’s language: •1.1、Gothic style•1.2、Humorous•1.3、Satire •1.4、Rhetoric devices•Ⅲ、References The protagonist of this story:•The protagonist of this story is Ichabod Crane(伊奇博德·克瑞恩)•The protagonist’s physical features:•He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands…………or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.( P70. paragraph2.line9) •他身材高，而非常瘦，狭窄的肩膀，长臂长腿，一双手吊在袖子外面一里之遥，脚可以用来做铲子，全身骨骼都是极松弛地连在一起，吊儿郎当。
他的头很小，头顶平坦，耳朵非常大，绿玻璃似的大眼睛，鷸鸟喙似的长鼻子，因此他的头像一只风信鸡，高栖在他细长的颈项上，彷佛在那裏辨别风向在台大风的日子，你如果看见他大踏步在小山的侧面上走著，他的衣服被风吹得膨胀起来，在他周身上下飘舞著，你也许会把他当作旱魃下降世间，或是田野裏逃出来的一个稻草人 The meaning of his name:•Crane:•A large bird with long legs and a long neck; In Chinese, it means “鹤” The writer’s language:•1、Gothic style•2、Humorous•3、Satire •4、Rhetoric devices•Parallelism•Irony•Metaphor•Simile•Personification•Contrast Gothic novel哥特式小说哥特式小说•1. Setting in a castle.•2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense（悬念）（悬念）.•3. An ancient prophecy（预言）（预言） is connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present). 4. Omens, portents, visions（预兆）（预兆）.•5. Supernatural（超自然的）（超自然的） or otherwise inexplicable（莫名其妙的）（莫名其妙的） events.•6. High, even overwrought（过度紧张）（过度紧张） emotion.•7. Women in distress（危险，困难）（危险，困难）.•8. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive（冲动）（冲动）, tyrannical（专横）（专横） male.•9. The metonymy（转喻）（转喻） of gloom（阴暗，（阴暗，忧郁）忧郁） and horror（恐惧）（恐惧）. Gothic style:•1、Certain it is, the place……seems 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 daybreak.(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(风信鸡),……,to tell which way the wind blew.(P70,paragraph2)•2、Your mere puny stripling……and 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, paragraph2) 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 ……scholars 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 bold……the lamb did hold(p72, paragraph2) Personification:•Every window and crevice of which……were enjoying the sunshine on the roof.(P77)•Contrast:•Thus while the busy dame bustled……，that hour so favorable to the lover’s eloquence.(P82-83) References:•http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%89%E7%9D%A1%E8%B0%B7%E4%BC%A0%E5%A5%87•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichabod_Crane•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow 结束！结束！ 。