Because of\u00a0the way that Irving’s stories have typically been presented as Gothic stories, we typically think of him as a Dark Romantic writer.\u00a0 However, in\u00a0Irving’s stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” he\u00a0creates settings, characters, and plots that revolve around\u00a0both\u00a0Light and Dark\u00a0Romantic subject matter.
One of the general\u00a0themes of Romanticism is the use of the far-away and non-normal, which was\u00a0antique and fanciful:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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a. In Light Romanticism, writers were interested in the past and history\u2019s influence on current society. The\u00a0remoteness of settings\u00a0takes people out of the \u201ccivilized\u201d society that depends on materialism and industry.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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b. In Dark Romanticism, the situations in the stories\u00a0are out-of-the-ordinary in time or place; sometimes the setting is atypical of the American frontier, possibly super-natural. Writers were\u00a0interested in the past and history\u2019s\u00a0 influence on current society.
Choose one of Irving’s stories and explain one way that it is either a Light Romantic or Dark Romantic story based on the information above.\u00a0 Examine the setting, characters, and plot.\u00a0 Give evidence from the text to support your answer and use parenthetical citations to document your sources. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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