文学创作素来以描写“人”为中心,通过人物塑造来反映现实社会的真实状况。《睡谷传说》作为华盛顿·欧文的成功之作,当然也是从“人”这个中心点出发刻画出栩栩如生的故事。在文学作品中,人物描写可分为圆形人物和扁形人物。作者在塑造主人公伊卡包德·克莱恩时,采用的就是圆形人物刻画法。本文通过对小说主人公的性格分析,还原人物的圆形形象。 Literary creation has always been to describe the “people” as the center, through the characterization to reflect the real situation of the real world. As the success of Washington Irving, “The Valley of the Sleeps,” of course, also set out from the center of “people” to depict a vivid story. In literary works, character descriptions can be divided into circular figures and flat figures. The author used the characterization of the circular figure in shaping the protagonist Ika Baude Klein. Through the analysis of the character of the protagonist, this article restores the circular image of the character.