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题目：AnAnalysisofMarkTwain'sHumorinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn院系外语学院专业英语语言文学姓名导师准考证号考生身份证号安徽大学高等教育自学考试办公室制二0一二年三月一日1ThesisStatement：MarkTwain'shumorousstyleisdisplayedthroughvariousmeansinhisliteraryworkTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.OutlineⅠ.Introduction...............................................................................................................2Ⅱ.HumorousstyleinMarkTwain'sworks................................................................3A.Repetition..............................................................................................................3B.Anti-climax............................................................................................................3C.Cleveruseofpun...................................................................................................4Ⅲ.MarkTwain'shumorinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.................................4A.Theuseof“I”........................................................................................................4B.Humorousandsatiricalunity.................................................................................5C.Ideologicalandartisticunity..................................................................................6D.Justiceandinjusticeofambivalence.....................................................................6E.Personification.......................................................................................................7F..Exaggeration..........................................................................................................7G.Irony........................................................................................................................8Ⅳ.Conclusion................................................................................................................8Bibliography................................................................................................................102ANANALYSISOFMARKTWAIN'SHUMORINTHEADVENTURESOFHUCKLEBERRYFINNⅠ.IntroductionSamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835–April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,bornatasmallvillageinFlorida,Missouri,isanAmericanauthorandhumorist.Heisnotedforhisnovels.ItisacknowledgedthatMarkTwainisagreatliterarygiantofAmericainthelate19thcentury.Itishe,thefirstAmericanwriter,whofusesfolkhumorandseriousliteratureintoonewholeandshapestheworld’sviewofAmerica.MarkTwainisafamouscriticalrealismwriterinthelate19thamonglotsofwritersinthewesternworld.Infact,beforeMakeTwain,thereweremanywriterswhousedhumorintheirownworks,however,theyjuststoppedontheamusingmeaningandcouldnotgofaranylonger.ItisMakeTwainwhopusheshumortoanewheightthatisusinghumorandironytosatirethenegativesocialphenomenaandtheirowncharacteristics.AndTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnalsoconfirmsMakeTwain'sownliterature'splaceontheAmericanliterature.ThefamousAmericanwriterHemingwaysaidthatallmodernAmericanliteraturewasfromabook,namely,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.MarkTwainisthemasterofhumorattheendofnineteenthcenturyintheUnitedStatesaswellastheoutstandingrepresentativeofrealisticliterature.Hismajorworksistherealisticdepictionofpeople'slifesituationsatthattimeandworksisalwaysmixedwithsimmerwithlaughterhumorwhichnotonlyisfullofrichwitbutalsodeeplyrevealsthecurrentsituationthatsetspeoplethinking.ThispaperismainlythroughtheheroinTheadventuresoftheHuckleberryFinntoreflectlifestyle'sdecayofbourgeoisandslaveryofsin.AlongHuck'sfootsteps,thistextmainlyanalyzesMarkTwain'shumorousliteratureanditscharacteristics.3Ⅱ.HumorousstyleinMarkTwain'sworksHumoristheartoffun.Itaimstogivepeoplepleasurebutitalwaysincludesanelementofsatire.As“thetruefatherofAmericanliterature”,MarkTwainisdistinguishedforhishumorwhichisachievedmainlythroughthevariousfiguresofspeech,suchasirony,exaggeration,contrast,anti-climaxandrepetition,etc,whichwillbediscussedindetailwiththeillustrationofsomeofhisfamousworksinthepaper.A.RepetitionInThe￡1.000.000Bank-Note,wemayquotethefollowingparagraphasanillustrationofrepetition:Theysawmanyhonestfacesgobythatwerenotintelligentenough;manythatwereintelligent,butnothonestenough;manythatwereboth,butthepossessorwerenotpoorenough,or,ifpoorenough;werenotstrangers.Therepetitionof“enough”emphasizesthat“I”isjustthemanthatthetworichmenhavefound,thusstartstheprotagonist’scomicexperience,sothereadersaredeeplyabsorbedinMarkTwain’shumorousstory.B.Anti-climaxInRunningforGovernor,atthebeginning,theauthorpointsoutthatMr.WoodfordandMr.Hoffman---myrivalsweresodespicablethat“itwasplainthatintheselateryearstheyhadbecomefamiliarwithalltypesofshamefulcrimes”.Comparedwiththem,“IsomehowfeltthatIhadoneprominentadvantageoverthesegentlemen,andthatwasgoodcharacter.”Onreadinghere,notonlytheprotagonistbutalsothereadershavetheconfidencethat“I”mustbethewinnerinthefight.However,toeveryreader’ssurprise.“I”giveupthecompetitionatlastandevenadmitthat“IwasnotequaltotherequirementsofagubernatorialcampaigninthestateofNewYork.”4C.CleveruseofpunEnglishisthelanguagewiththelargestvocabu