MarkTwain终极课件PPT.ppt

1、Mark Twain (1835-1910),Mark Twain (1835 -1910),Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker.,Early life experience,Born in a little town in Mississippi At 11, he lost his father At 13, he stopped schooling Tramp printer Steamboat pilot on the Mississippi Confederate guerr

2、illa Prospector Reporter on the far western frontier Traveler abroad,His Marriage,At 34 years old he married Olivia Langdon Clemens, daughter of a New York coal magnate, a member of the countrys wealthy elite. She would be partner, editor, and fellow traveler in success and failure for the next thir

3、ty-five years.,Olivia Langdon (Livy) on October 29, 1869.,The home in Hartford, Connecticut, which the family lived in from 1871 until 1891.,A family picture of (left to right): Clara, Sam, Jean, Livy, and Susy in 1884.,(Left to right): Susy, Jean, Livy, and Clara in 1883.,Twain playing charades wit

4、h his daughter Susy in 1890.,Twain Clara attract the attention of bystanders on a Manhattan street,Mark and Olivia together at Quarry Farm in 1903,A letter written by Twain to friends after the loss of his wife,Mark Twain,pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens,grew up on the Mississippi River,at 12,

5、father died, left school,a printers apprentice, a printer, a silver miner, a steamboat pilot and a frontier journalist,gave him a wide knowledge of humanity,十二英尺水深,tragic events in later life,his investments failed, had to give lectures to pay off his debts, his wife and two daughters died,works,“Th

6、e Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” “卡拉韦拉斯县驰名的跳蛙” a frontier tale,The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆索耶历险记,“the two advantages”,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克贝里费恩历险记,all modern American literature comes.,He became nationally famous,Mark Twains Masterpieces,Mark Twains Writing Features,

7、local colour,represented social life through portraits of local places which he knew best,drew from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places,tall tales (highly exaggerated),a texture of most local color literature，a kink of humor,Mark Twains Writing Features,humour,is of witty remarks moc

8、king at small things and making people laugh,is a kind of artistic style used to criticize the social injustice,His Famous Words,“Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.”,“The best way to cheer yourself up is to tr

9、y to cheer somebody else up.”,“Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.”,“Humor is mankinds greatest blessing.”,“Classic-a book which people praise and dont read.”,“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cant read them.”,“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark

10、side which he never shows to anybody.”,Picture from Dave Thomson collection: ,“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not mans.”,Picture from Dave Thomson collection: ,Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.,Mark Twain is not only a expert who good at telling jokes, but al-so expert in writing the society and the people.,A Brief Assessment,Mark Twain is a part of America. His personal success and failure were those of America. He moved, along with America, from innoc