2. Rip Van Winkle 20092498 김아름 20092516 장경임 20092519 조윤정

4. 1 Features of the writer : Washington Irving Who?

5. 1 Features of the writer : Washington Irving ·Father of American Literature ·Humorous and satirical→ Representative Piece of work: A history of New York ·worte about President of America

6. SUMMARY Rip Van Winkle is a favorite of the women and children of the village. However, he is not as welcome in his own family. Rip is an ineffectual male hero who cannot support his farm or family. He does not spend much time working on the farm. Instead of facing the consequences of his idleness and facing his wife, who certainly makes the problem worse, he sleeps for twenty years. He sleeps through what was the defining moment of American history. 2

7. SUMMARY After 20 years, He is now old enough for his idleness to be socially acceptable and he returns to his village and is again well-loved in the village. He eventually learns about the revolutionary war and everything else that has passed after he heard how he went away twenty years ago and never returned from his daughter. Rip tried to establish his new life with his daughter and her family and with the villagers.

8. Legends & Tales - Rip van Winkle

9. 3 External Analysis of Story European plots Old World Folktale American Revolutionary War

10. 4 Features of Staple In a humorous context, “Rip Van Winkle” deals with issues of politics, as he shows how the American Revolution changed one small village, and gender issues, as he shows the comical relationship between a lazy husband and a bad-tempered wife. This story realistically describes the fast change of America society and chaos as below, and reflected homesick of the colonial period.

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14. * The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century * The Cause of The War High tax policy by British Empire(1763) →No taxation without representation" * The Course of Independence Groups of colonists began to create Committees of Correspondence (1772) The Provincial Congresses replaced the British ruling apparatus (1772- 1774) In response to protests, the British sent combat troops. The Colonies mobilized their militias, and fighting broke out (1775) The Declaration of Independence (1776) Victory of Battle in Yorktown(1781) Treaty of Paris-Official Approval of American Independence(1783) Historical Background

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17. 5 conclusion ·The reason we live ·European Plots ·Mental Independence

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