美国文学-马克吐温-PPT

MarkTwain(1835–1910)•HisrealnamewasSamuelLanghorneClemens.•anAmericanauthorandhumorist•ajournalistwhosatirizedthehypocrisyofmanandsocietyBorninFlorida,Missouri,onNovember30,1835.In1847thedeathofhisfatherbroughtanendtohiscarefreedays,andhehadtogotoworkattheageof12asaprinter’sapprentice.In1851,hebeganworkingasatypesetterandcontributorofarticlesandhumoroussketchesforanewspaperownedbyhisbrother.From1857to1861,HeworkedasariverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver.Thisoccupationgavehimhispenname,MarkTwain.In1863,heworkedataVirginiaCitynewspaper.Herehefirstusedhispenname.In1864,TwainmovedtoSanFrancisco,stillasajournalist.Hisfirstsuccessasawritercamewhenhishumoroustalltale,TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,waspublishedin1865.Itbroughthimnationalattention.TrilogyofMississippi(密西西比河三部曲)LifeontheMississippi《密西西比河上》TheAdventuresofTomSawyer《汤姆索亚历险记》TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利•费恩历险记》ThisworkisamemoirbyMarkTwaindetailinghisdaysasasteamboatpilotontheMississippiRiverbeforeandaftertheAmericanCivilWar.LifeontheMississippiTheAdventuresofTomSawyerThisnoveltalkedaboutayoungboycalledTomSawyergrowingupalongtheMississippiRiver.Itdescribeschildrenpursuitofnoveltyandadventurelife.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnThisbookisabouthowtosettheslavesfreeandhowtocometrueone’sdreams.•RunningforGovernor《竞选州长》•The£1,000,000Bank-Note《百万英镑》•TheGildedAge《镀金时代》•TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty(hisfirststory)《卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙》•Theinnocentabroad《傻子出国记》•TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg《败坏了哈德莱堡的人》•RoughingIt《苦行记》•TheAdventuresofTomSawyer《汤姆·索亚历险记》•TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》马克·吐温四大名著•Earlystage:Active&humor•Mid-term:Satire•Laterperiod-Pessimistic&desperate•Heusedalotofcolloquialidiomsandcolloquialsyntaxandmadehiswritingfullofallegoriesthatlaybehindthehumor.Comityissuchakindofintenseemotionofsanctityisthussweet,firmandhonest.友谊是如此圣洁的一种激情，是如此甜蜜、牢固和忠诚。Suchofthecharacteristiccanmakethecomitysupportlifelong-aslongasdon'tthinktheotherpartyborrowsmoney.这样的特质可使友谊维系终身——只要不想对方借钱。