Washington Irving华盛顿 欧文.doc

Washington Irving：Founder of American LiteratureWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) is one of the earliest romantic writers in American known for his sketches, short stories and biographies, Irving is the first U.S. author to achieve international renown. 华盛顿·欧文生于1783年4月3日，死于1859年11月28日，他是美国最早的浪漫主义作家之一，他以笔记、小说和传记而闻名，是第一位获得国际声誉的美国作家。 Absorbing the cream of European culture and literature, Irving created his unique style that is fresh, natural, humorous and musical. With his short stories and success in many other fields, Irving has made great contributions to the development of independent American literature. It is Irving who activated the potential of American literature and laid solid foundations for its future development. As a famed essayist, biographer, historian, writer and politician, Washington Irving is often considered as “The Father of American Literature” or “The Father of American Letters,” as well as one of the inventors of the modern short essay and fiction. 欧文汲取欧洲文化和文学的精华，创造了自己独特的风格，其文笔清新、自然、诙谐、富于乐感。欧文在短篇小说等诸多方面为独立的美国文学做出了巨大贡献，可以说，是欧文激活了美国文学的创作潜力，为美国文学的发展奠定了坚实基础。作为一名享有声誉的随笔作家、传记作者、历史学家、作家和政治家，华盛顿·欧文被誉为“美国文学之父”，同时他也是现代短篇散文、小说的发起人之一。 He is best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. A History of New York is generally considered as the first important contribution to American comic literature, and a great popular success from the start. It is also taken as the mark of the beginning of American Romanticism. The work brought Irving considerable fame and financial reward. His historical works include Life of Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Mahomet and His Successors, and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra. 欧文以他的短篇故事“睡谷的传说”和“瑞普·凡·温克《见闻札记《哥尔德斯密斯传穆罕默德及其继承者’s works have given great enjoyment to generations of readers. He is most known for the an