美国文学史课件马克吐温

MarkTwain——MirrorofAmerica组员：CONTENTSgeneralintroductionworkswritingstyleassessmentGeneralintroduction

SamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),betterknownbyhispseudonym(penname)MarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist.Heismostnotedforhisnovels,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876),anditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalled"theGreatAmericanNovel."

Heachievedgreatsuccessasawriterandpublicspeaker.Hiswitandsatireearnedpraisefromcriticsandpeers,andhewasafriendtopresidents,artists,industrialists,andEuropeanroyalty.GeneralIntroduction

BornduringavisitbyHalley'sComet,hediedonitsreturn.Hewaslaudedasthe"greatestAmericanhumoristofhisage,"andWilliamFaulknercalledTwain"thefatherofAmericanliterature."GeneralIntroductionHowever，helackedfinancialacumen.Thoughhemadeagreatdealofmoneyfromhiswritingsandlectures,hesquandereditonvariousventures,andwasforcedtodeclarebankruptcy.Twainworkedhardtoensurethatallofhiscreditorswerepaidinfull,eventhoughhisbankruptcyhadrelievedhimofthelegalresponsibility.MainWorks短篇：处女作《拓殖者大吃一惊的花花公子》、《百万英磅》、《竞选州长》、《哥尔斯密的朋友再度出洋》《卡拉维拉斯郡著名的跳蛙》、《康涅狄克焦最近的狂欢节上的罪行纪实》(他的短篇太多了，仅举几例)中篇：《败坏赫德莱堡的人》、《艰难历程》长篇：《傻子国外旅行记》、《镀金时代》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》、《哈克贝里·芬历险记》、《王子与贫儿》、《密西西比河上的生活》、《傻瓜威尔逊》、《在亚瑟王朝的康涅狄克州的美国佬》、《冉·达克》侦探汤姆.索亚》游记：《国外旅游记》、《赤道游记》剧本：《阿星》回忆录：《格兰特回忆录》TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

IttellsthestoryofateenagedmisfitwhofindshimselffloatingonaraftdowntheMississippiRiverwithanescapingslave,Jim.Inthecourseoftheirperilousjourney,HuckandJimmeetadventure,danger,andacastofcharacterswhoaresometimesmenacingandoftenhilarious.ThoughsomeofthesituationsinHuckleberryFinnarefunnyinthemselvesthisbook'shumorisfoundmostlyinHuck'suniqueworldviewandhiswayofexpressinghimself.UnderlyingTwain'sgoodhumorisadarksubcurrentofAntebellumcrueltyandinjusticethatmakesTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnafrequentlyfunnybookwithaseriousmessage.WritingStyle

MarkTwainwroteinhisunpretentious(含蓄的）,colloquial

/kəˈləʊkwɪəl/（口语的）

,andpoeticstyle.ThedirectnessofthelanguageisaveryinfluentialpointinTwain’sstyle.Hecombinedhumorandironyinhisworks,whichbefilledwithpersonalwitandfunnywords,hereflectedthecruelsocietyandselfishhumanitybyhiskeenperception.AsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsandhumorists，MarkTwainusuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandthingsheknewaboutfromfirsthandexperience.WritingStyleInhisnovel,oneofthemostsuccessfulwritingstylesisacombinationofcolloquiallanguageandsatire,itdisplaysthemajorachievementsofhisart:writinginarichandintricatestylethatsupportedhisintensescrutinyofcomplexhumanexperience.Assessment马克·吐温是19世纪美国现实主义文学的主要奠基人之一，他在现实主义小说语言风格方面为美国文学的发展做出了卓越的贡献。用美国小说家和评论家威廉·狄恩·豪威尔斯的话来说，他是“美国文学的林肯”。马克·吐温是第一位用地道的美国口语写作的美国作家，他的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》为美国小说的语言带来意义深远的变化，奠定了美国文学口语化风格的基础。他那清新幽默的文笔，毫无雕琢的朴素语言开创了美国小说口语化的先河，对后世作家产生巨大影响。As