ARTISTIC FEATURES OF THE FIRST ROMANTIC PROSE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF W. IRVING)

Abstract

The activities of the romantic Washington Irving were of great importance for the development of American literature and critical realism. When it comes to the literature of American Romanticism, his name is called one of the first. He is rightly considered the founder of American fiction, the father of the American short story. Irving is the first American fiction writer to achieve European fame [10, 410]. This is the first romantic to be promoted by American literature. At that time, it was just beginning to acquire its national identity. And it was the generation of romantics who had the privilege of winning international recognition with American literature.