Ambrose Bierce Washington Irving
Thursday, March 16, 2017
JOB #3 - LITERATURE CONNECTIONS - COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Ambrose Bierce and Washington Irving were both short story writers. They lived in different periods of time, and their writing styles were different. I will be comparing Bierce's classic story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge with Irving's famous The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In contrast to Irving's comic romantic thriller, Bierce's story touched reality more effectively, even though the dream in Bierce's story stretched the borders. One feature I find the same in these two stories is the point of view. They are both told in third person omniscient, although The Legend of Sleepy Hollow's point of view is slightly more complex than simply third person omniscient. That is all I have for now, what are your thoughts and ideas?
Ambrose Bierce Washington Irving
Ambrose Bierce Washington Irving
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I think that it's important to remember that Irving and Bierce lived in different times than each other. The popular writing style changed throughout the years between them. I wonder if they switched time periods with each other if they would both still have written in the styles they did?
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