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1、2.3ThecharacteristicsofthegothicnovelintheLegendofSleepyHollowWashingtonIvringdepictingasecludedvillageinthethelegendofSleepyHollowmainlybytheuseofGothicstyle.Ithadparticularandfleshyplotswhichshowsunexpectedandvividartisticfeature,theatmosphereisfullofhorror,supernaturalphenomenonfilledwith
2、mysterious,whichmakestheworkshowastrongromanticand"Gothic"color.2.3.1SettingandenvironmentGothicstorysgenerallyoccursingloomy,horriblescenessuchaswilderness,castles,greatcountrymanorsorancientbuildings.Theenvironmentaroundthesettingreflectsableakorforebodingatmosphere:darkforests,imposingmou
3、ntains,stormyweatherorareasfarawayfromcivilisation.Ivringusingapoeticstyledepictedaforgottenremotenessvillage.“…thereisalittlevalleyorratherlapoflandamonghighhills,whichisoneofthequietestplacesinthewholeworld.Asmallbrookglidesthroughit,withjustmurmurenoughtolullonetorepose;andtheoccasionalwh
4、istleofaquailortappingofawoodpeckerisalmosttheonlysoundthateverbreaksinupontheuniformtranquillity…”——WashingtonIvringTheLegendofSleppyHollow2.3.3AtmosphereMysteryisusuallyoneofthemaincharacteristicsgothicnovelsattempttoshow.InTheLegendofSleppyHollow,thevillageisnotonlyforgotten,itseemstohave
5、amagicpower,“…Adrowsy,dreamyinfluenceseemstohangovertheland,andtopervadetheveryatmosphere…Certainitis,theplacestillcontinuesundertheswayofsomewitchingpower,thatholdsaspelloverthemindsofthegoodpeopl…”thateveryonewillinfectedwithablurredstateafterstayingthereforawhile.“causingthemtowalkinacont
6、inualreverie.Theyaregiventoallkindsofmarvelousbeliefs;aresubjecttotrancesandvisions,andfrequentlyseestrangesights,andhearmusicandvoicesintheair…”Ivringhassetaquietmysteriousatmospheretoneatthebeginningofthenovel,andithangingoverthewholenovel3.1TheGothicThemeGothicnovelshavethreethemes:karma,
7、loveandrevenge(MaoJinhua,2007:62).Firstly,ThelegendofSleepyHollowisalovestoryaboutIchabodandBromtriedtobeateachother’stimearoundKatrina.ButalsoincludeBrom’svindictiveactstoIchabod.AndlastthekarmaforIchabod’sgreedandsuperstitiousbehavior.Sowecansay,
