In my essay, I would like to analyse two stories, namely "Little Cyprien" by Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice, a 19th century Canadian writer, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, a writer widely considered as the father of the American short story. In my analysis, through comparing the two stories I want to look at the different functions legends play in the creation of the narrative. First of all, we should consider the narrative tone of the two stories in order to create a reader's perspective on the text and thus become able to trace their respective mess...

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