《Mark-Twain简介》PPT课件.ppt

MarkTwain 1835 1910 BoyhoodMarriageJourneywestCareerasajournalistHismostproductiveyearLastyears IntroductionofMarkTwain TheNameofMarkTwain Twain srealnamewasSamuelLanghorneClemens MarkTwain whichmeans watermarktwo wasacallusedbysailorsontheMississippitowarnshipmatesthattheywerecomingintoshallowwater MarkTwain 1835 1910 MarkTwainwasagreatAmericanwriter andhewasalsoafamousspeaker SamuelLanghorneClemens MarkTwain wasborninFloridaandhewasnotahealthybaby Infact hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter Butwithhismother stendercare hemanagedtosurvive Asaboy hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents Heusedtoplayjokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbors Hedidn tliketogotoschool andheconstantlyranawayfromhome Earlylifeexperience BorninalittletowninMississippiAt11 helosthisfatherAt13 hestoppedschoolingTrampprinterSteamboatpilotontheMississippiConfederateguerrillaProspectorReporteronthefarwesternfrontierTravelerabroad HisMarriage At34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate amemberofthecountry swealthyelite Shewouldbepartner editor andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailureforthenextthirty fiveyears Clemens shouseinHartford InHisMiddleAges By1900TwainhadbecomeAmerica sforemostcelebrity Hewasinvitedtoattendshiplaunchings anniversarygatherings politicalconventions andcountlessdinners Reportersmethimateveryportofcall anxioustoprintanewquipfromthefamoushumorist Toenhancehisimage hetooktowearingwhitesuitsandlovedtostrolldownthestreetandseepeoplestaringathim HisLaterLife Therearemanytragiceventsinhislaterlife thefailureofhisinvestments hisfatiguingtravelsandlecturesinordertopayoffhisdebts andaddedtothis thedeathofhiswifeandtwodaughterswhichlefthimabsolutelyinconsolable Somecriticslinkthesetragiceventswiththechangeofstyleinhislaterworks fromanoptimistandhumoristtoanalmostdespairingdeterminist HisDeath MarkTwaindiedofillnessonApril21 1910 Whenhepassedaway newspapersaroundthecountrydeclared Thewholeworldismourning Bythen SamClemenshadlongsinceceasedtobeaprivatecitizen HehadbecomeMarkTwain aproudpossessionoftheAmericannation GraveofMarkTwainWoodlawnCemetery Elmira NY MarkTwainandtheMississippi MarkTwainlovedthegreatriversomuchthathealwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbyMississippi ManyofhisgreatworksaresetinthebackgroundoftheMississippiRiver suchasTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn TheAdventuresofTomSawyer andLifeontheMississippi Twain sjourneyendedinthesilver miningtownofVirginiaCity Nevada wherehebecameaminer There hecouldn tfindhisfortunesinmining Lateron TwainmovedtoSanFrancisco Californiain1864asajournalist Hewonagreatfameasahumoristthroughthestory TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty 1865 JourneytoWest Missouri Iowa California Nevada Hismostproductiveyears MarkTwainmarriedOliviain1870 andmovedtoHartford Conn WhilelivingthereOliviagavebirthtoasonLandonandthreedaughters Susy 1872 1896 Clara 1874 1962 andJean 1880 1909 Thecouple smarriagelasted34years untilOlivia sdeathin1904 Duringthisperiod hisbestbooksTomSawyer 1876 andHuckleberryFinn 1884 werepublished Connecticut MarkTwain sMasterpieces Works TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty 卡县名蛙 TheAdventuresofTomSawyer 汤姆 索亚历险记 TwoAdventures TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn 哈克贝里 费恩历险记 AllmodernAmericanliteraturescome ErnestHemingway Hebecamenationallyfamous TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn Hemingwayoncewrote AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn it sthebestbookwe vehad Therewasnothingbefore Therehasbeennothingsogoodsince SatireThisnovelshowsTwain ssatireonsouthernculturebeforetheCivilWar around1850 whentheMississippiValleywasstillbeingsettled Twaincondemnedracialdiscrimination StyleVernacularlanguageanddialect LocalColorTwaindepictedsociallifethroughdescriptionsoflocalplacesandpeopleheknewbest SignificanceThecarefullycontrolledpointofview withitsimplicitironiesexpressedthroughthevoiceofasemi literateboy themasterfuluseofdialects thefelicitousbalancingromanticismandrealism humorandpathos innocenceandevil ThisnovelcreatesthemostmemorablecharactersinallofAmericanfiction TheInnocentsAbroad傻子出国记 1869 MarkTwain saccount adaptedfromhisownnewspaperreports ofhisadventurestravelingthroughEuropeandtheMiddleEastwithotherAmericans Throughoutthebook Twainlampoons讽刺themeetingofthesepilgrimsfromtheNewWorld filledwithapretentiousreverenceandawe withthehallowedcultureoftheOldWorld oftenrepresentedbyTwainasnotequalingitsreputation Works LifeontheMississippi 1883 ThiswasMarkTwain sseminalwork开创性的著作ontheriverthatgavebirthtomuchofhismostsuccessfulfiction Entertaining yetenlightening LifeontheMississippiisatextbookonthehistory lifeandloreoftheGreatRiverduringthe19thcentury butalsoaprimeronthe science ofthepilotingtheMississippiduringtheheyday全盛期ofthegreatsteamboatsthatoncetraveledthegreatestinlandwaterwayofAmerica TheGildedAge镀金时代 1873 ATrampAbroad国外漫游 1880 ThePrinceandthePauper王子与贫儿 1881 AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur sCourt康州美国佬在亚瑟王朝 1889 TheDiariesofAdamandEve 1893 1905 TheTragedyofPudd nheadWilson傻瓜威尔逊的悲剧 1894 PersonalRecollectionsofJoanofArc圣女贞德传 1896 FollowingtheEquator赤道旅游记 1897 TheMysteriousStranger神秘的陌生人 1916 ThreeStagesofMarkTwain sThoughtandWorks activeandlively fullofacidandsatiricalsense pessimisticandcynic MarkTwain sWritingFeatures localcolor representingsociallifethroughportraitsoflocalplaceswhichheknewbest drawingfromhisownrichfundofknowledgeofpeopleandplaces tall 夸张 tales highlyexaggerated atextureofmostlocalcolorliterature akindofhumor AMasterofLanguage shortconcrete 具体 directineffect simple evenungrammatical sentence structures words Heusedcolloquial 口语化 language vernacular 地方性 language dialects 方言 Americandialect MarkTwainwasthefirsttrulyAmericanwriter andallofussincearehisheirs whodescendedfromhim WilliamFaulkner MarkTwain sWritingFeatures AnAmericanlanguage MarkTwain sWritingFeatures humor isofwittyremarksmocking 讥讽 atsmallthingsandmakingpeoplelaugh isakindofartisticstyleusedtocriticizethesocialinjustice HisFamousWords Thebestwaytocheeryourselfupistotrytocheersomebodyelseup Againsttheassaultoflaughter nothingcanstand Humorismankind sgreatestblessing Classic abookwhichpeoplepraiseanddon tread Themanwhodoesnotreadgoodbookshasnoadvantageoverthemanwhocan treadthem Everyoneisamoon andhasadarksidewhichhenevershowstoanybody PicturefromDaveThomsoncollection TheholypassionofFriendshipissosweetandsteadyandloyalandenduringanaturethatwilllastthroughawholelifetime ifnotaskedtolendmoney PicturefromDaveThomsoncollection Thedogisagentleman Ihopetogotohisheaven notman s PicturefromDaveThomsoncollection Goodbreedingconsistsinconcealinghowmuchwethinkofourselvesandhowlittlewethinkoftheotherperson AMirrorofAmerica 1 Mirror heremeansapersonwhogivesatruerepresentationordescriptionofthecountry 2 Generallyspeaking allliterarygiantsinhumanhistoryarealsogreathistorians thinkersandphilosophers Theirworksoftenrevealmoretruththanmanyp