The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story inside The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
written by Washington Irving in 1819.
My connection with this story has begun in
2008 when I was finishing my course and needed to find a theme for my final
paper at university. Since my childhood
I have been interesting in Literature, especially English Literature, so I
decided to choose a book of a North American writer to study, but who?
That’s when I remembered of Sleepy Hollow (film) that I watched in
1997 (nine years before). I asked myself why I couldn’t pick up the shot story
which film was based on, it could be interesting and fun. Next day, I showed
the idea to my teacher and she immediately agreed with it, she said that maybe it could be difficult to find material because the Washington Irving’s
main short story was Rip Van Winkle,
not The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Even
though I accepted it. I have to admit I love challenges.
The following week, my resources has begun… First
step, read the story.
Let me tell you how it was the process. In
the beginning, it was a bit hard because it is a story written in 19th
century, so the language used was different. However, I got used to it faster
than I thought.
Sometimes the plot can be
considered offensive or inappropriate according to Educational Principles nowadays,
but I justify the reason you cannot give up to read it stealing a sentence
from Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian
Gray: ‘There is no such thing as a
moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.’
The way Irving describes the scenes is
weird and fascinated at the same time, showing all the details, all the events.
He doesn’t waste any adjective in vain.
In some
aspects, the reader can notice why Washington Irving influenced Edgar Allan Poe.
I will not write about this, I will let you find out!
At the end of that year, my paper was done
and approved for all members of the jury.
There is a Disney short film (animation)
based on the story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxX66vLSZoQ
Check it out :
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_20?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+legend+of+sleepy+hollow&sprefix=the+legend+of+sleepy%2Caps%2C551
Don’t miss it! It is worth…
Inessa Silva
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