BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

MINISTRY OF PEOPLE'S POWER FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DEL MAGISTERIO SAMUEL
ROBINSON (UNEM)
BARINAS, BARINAS STATE

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

(LITERARY ANALYSIS)

Authors:
Yves José Aranda Leal
I.D. V-19070129
Miguel Josué Infante Boada
I.D. V-9985367
Facilitator:
Lic. María Valecillo

Barinas, May 10, 2020

 LITERARY ANALYSIS

1. Literary genre: Gothic horror / Gothic story.

2. Narrator type: omniscient narrator.
3. Main character: Ichabod Crane.
4. Secondary characters: Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Van Brunt (Brom
Bones) and Baltus Van Tassel.
5. Plot of the literary work: this literary work tells the story of Ichabod Crane
who is coming from Connecticut to Sleepy Hollow in order to teach. He
moves around from neighborhood to neighborhood tutoring kids and staying
in people's houses. Then he meets a student named Katrina Van Tassel. Her
family is very rich. Ichabod wants to marry her so he can get to her family's
money. He has one big problem, because she has a boyfriend (Brom Bones).
Brom Bones knows Ichabod is hitting on his woman so he plays a lot of
pranks on Ichabod. Then Ichabod is invited to a party at Katrina's house. He
goes there to try and get Katrina. Ichabod gets to dance with her and Brom
Bones gets really jealous.
After the party, Ichabod finds out that the only reason she danced with
him was to make Brom Bones jealous. Ichabod gets mad and rides away.
When he is riding, the headless horseman rides up to him and throws his
head at Ichabod. The next day, people find Ichabod's horse but can't find his
body. They spread rumors about him. Some say he is dead, some say he is
afraid to come back to Sleepy Hollow. When Brom Bones hear people talk
about the headless horseman and Ichabod, he smiles.
6. Environment where the literary work was developed: the story was
developed in a secluded glen known as Sleepy Hollow.
7. Literary work valuation (with your own words): we consider it is a very
interesting story because it contains suspenseful and romantic scenes.
Moreover, the narrator makes a good description about characters and the
environment where events happen.