Mark-Twain

MarkTwain昝晨MarkTwain昝晨商英141MarkTwain(1835-1910)BiographyLiteraryworksIntroductionofhismainworksArtisticfeaturesBiographyBriefintroductionofhisbiography12MarkTwainishispseudonym(笔名）.HisrealnameisSamuelLanghorneClements.HewasbroughtupinasmalltownontheMississippiRiver.Hehadbeenaprinter’sapprentice,atrampprinter,asilverminer,asteamboatpilotandafrontierjournalist.Whenhewastwelve,hisfatherdiedandhehadtoleaveschool.Briefintroductionofhisbiography34Heisawriterofrealism.HeisanAmericanhumorist,journalist,lecturer,andnovelist.MarkTwainthegreathumoristseemstohaveovershadowedMarkTwainthesocialcritic.Agiftedraconteur,distinctivehumorist,andirasciblemoralist,heisoneofAmerica’sbestandmostbelovedwriters.Hewasalsoafamousspeaker.LiteraryworksHismainworksTheGildedAge镀金时代TheMillionPoundNote百万英镑TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn哈克贝里•芬历险记LifeontheMississippi在密西西比河上HismasterworkRunningforgovernor竞选州长AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur'sCourt《康州美国佬大闹亚瑟王朝》HismainworksAutobiography《马克·吐温自传》IntroductionofhismainworksTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnIttellsastoryabouttheUnitedStatesbeforetheCivilWar,around1850.Hereisa“hymn”tothatantebellum(南北战争前的）America,themoralvaluesofwhichvanishedwiththewar.Themachineandtheworshipofmoneywereontheirwayin,buttheriver-god,withitssunlight,space,uncrowdedtime,stillness,anddanger,”hadnotbeenforgotten.BackgroundPlotJim:anignorant,uneducatedBlackslaveHuckleberryFinn,orHuckFinn:alittleuneducatedoutcastwhiteboyofaboutTheageof13TwopeopleinasmallraftThebookrelatesthestoryoftheescapeofJimfromslaveryand,moreimportantly,howHuckFinn,floatingalongwithhimandhelpinghimasbestashecould,changeshismind,hisprejudiceaboutBlackpeople,andcomestoacceptJimasaclosefriend.HuckFinncomesfromtheverylowestlevelofsociety.HuckFinnisanoutcast,withnomother,nohome.Allofhisvirtuescomefromhisgoodheartandhissenseofhumanity.AgoodillustrationistheconversationbetweenhimandAuntSallyaftertheexplosionontheriver.Becauseofsocialprejudicesandsocialdiscriminations,HuckstartsbybelievingthatBlacksarebynaturelowerthanwhites.AuntSallyisaskingwhetheranybodyhasbeenhurt.“No’m.Killedanigger”isHuck’sreply.MuchofthebookisconnectedwithHuck’sinnerstrugglebetweenthisattitudeandhisprofoundconvictionthatJimisagoodhumanbeing.ArtisticfeaturesArtisticfeatures1234LocalcolorItslanguageUsealotofcolloquialidiomsandcolloquialsyntaxDescribepersonswhoareinnocent,simple,andignorantashisheroesorheroines.Localcolor1.Representedsociallifethroughportraitsoflocalplaceswhichhenewbest2.DrewfromhisownrichfundofknowledgeofpeopleandplacesItslanguage1.MarkTwainisfamousforhishumorandsatire.2.Heusedtheartisticstyleofhyperbole(夸张法）onthebasisofthewesterntraditionalhumorandmadehiswritingfullofallegoriesthatlaybehindthehumor.UsealotofcolloquialidiomsandcolloquialsyntaxForexample,apassagefromhismasterpieceasanillustration.Itookthesackofcornmealandtookittowherethecanoewashid,andshovedthevinesandbranchesapartandputitin;thenIdonethesamewiththesideofbacon;thenthewhiskey-jug.Itookallthecoffeeandsugartherewas,andalltheammunition;Itookthewadding;Itookthebucketandgourd;tookadipperandatincup,andmyoldsawandtwoblankets,andtheskilletandthecoffee-pot.Itookfishlinesandmatchesandotherthings—everythingthatwasworthacent.Icleanedouttheplace.Iwantedanax,buttherewasn’tany,onlytheoneatthewoodpile,andIknowedwhyIwasgoingtoleavethat.Ifetchedoutthegun,andnowIwasdone.Thewordsusedhereareshort,concreteanddirectineffect.Sentencestructuresaremostofthemsimpleorcompound.Hemadecolloquialspeechanaccepted,respectableliterarymediumintheliteraryhistoryofthecountry.PersonHeoftendescribespersonswhoareinnocent,naïve,simple,andignorantashisheroesorheroines.昝晨商英141THANKYOU