Washington? Washington irving (1783- 1859) is one of the founders of American literature. He was the first American writer recognized by Europe and was called "the father of American literature". Owen's works reflect the transformation of American literature from rationalism in18th century to romanticism in19th century. His writing style is beautiful and his language is vivid, and he can use humor and exaggeration properly in his description. His romanticism adds charm to his works. His works also satirize and expose the crimes of cruel exploitation and slaughter of Indians by early colonists in North America. Some of Owen's outstanding works have become models, and his style has a certain influence on later writers such as edgar allan poe and Hawthorne. In his short stories, he usually starts with an ordinary role-like a lazy husband and a nagging wife; But it can put the protagonists of these stories into the family situation and find out the situation that can bring more vitality to the story. Owen's description of events and details uses symbolic techniques in the basic plot to create an atmosphere similar to Goethe's works.

Irving's most famous work, The Dream of Lieber, was inspired by a German legend about the king. In this work, he added a fictional scholar's note at the end, in which he explained that this legend was told by a Dutch old man named Diedrich Knickerbocker in new york, who was also a character invented by Owen (also the name of the Dutch old man) and later used by a group of new york writers, including Owen himself, James Fenimo Cooper and William Karen Bryan. It can also be found in Owen's long book Geoffrey Crayon Sketchbook (gent. ), published in the United States on 18 19-20. In the book Rip's Dream, the protagonist is an idle, gossiping daydreaming who is willing to help his neighbors and is deeply loved by children. He is also a person who would rather starve with a penny than work hard to earn more money. He was once lost in the magical forest, but the ghosts he met later proved to represent the factors that brought about human failure or surrender, such as decline, poverty and incompetence. In fact, during Rip's 20 years of deep sleep, he exchanged the best years of his life for the quiet years of his later years; At this time, his compatriots are struggling in the war and building a new country. But Rip soon regarded his misfortune as a good thing. First of all, he escaped his wife's nagging during these twenty years. Second, he doesn't have to run his career or maintain his reputation as hard as ordinary people.

Owen's Unique Contribution to American Literature

Owen's contribution to American literature is unique in more than one way. He was the first American imaginative writer to gain international fame. Although Owen is deeply influenced by European literature, his works have distinct American characteristics. "Rip Dream" or "The Legend of Sleeping Hall", no matter how exotic these stories are, are treasures of American language and culture. These two stories easily arouse the imagination of Americans, because they pay attention to the main body of the United States and the scenery of the United States, while for Owen, they are young 1 and. It is not the short stories about the old world that make washington irving a household name, but the stories about the United States. He is the father of American short stories. Later, in the hands of Hawthorne and Melville, this short story reached perfection.