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1、马克吐温的写作风格AnAnalysisoftheWritingStylesofMarkTwain--HiscolloquialLanguageandSatireintheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnI.TheBackgroundofMarkTwain1.1MarkTwainandHisExperienceMarkTwain,pseudorymofSamuellanghoneClemens,wasbroughtupinthetownofHannibal,Missouri,nearth
2、eMississippiRiver.Hewastwelvewhenhisfatherdiodandhehadtoleaveschool.Hewassuccessivelyaprinter’sapprentice,atrampprinter,asilverminer,asteamboatpilotontheMississippi,andafrontierjournalistinNevadaandCalifornia.Thisknockingaboutgavehimawideknowledgeofhumanit
3、y.AsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsandhumorists,MarkTwainusuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandthingsheknewaboutfromfirsthandexperience.HislifespannedthetwoAmericas,thefrontierAmericaandtheemergingurban,industrialgiantofthetwenty-century.Asaw
4、itnessofthecivilwar,Twainsawclearlythegreatchangesinnation’seconomicdevelopmentandpoliticallife.WiththefinalvictoryovertheSouththeNorthonceagainenjoyeditswieldingpowerinthenation’sadministration.NowtheacuteconflictathomewasunderminedandtheAmericanpeopleaga
5、infocusedtheirfullattentiononre-constructionafterthewar.Becausemostmajorityoftheslaveswereemancipated,theslave-basedeconomyofthedefeatedSouthhaditsprosperitybecamerootless.Inthiscase,clustersofgroundlesssouthernpoorwhitesandthenewlyfreedslavesheadeddirectl
6、yofindirectlyforthenew-liberatedcitiestoseekopportunities.Itmaybecalledthe‘GoldRush’rejuvenated,orrather,itwasso-calledthe‘AmericanDream’bysomecritics.TwainalsocouldnothelprushingtothewesttowillhisAmericandream.Heoncebelievedtheideaofdevelopmentandindustri
7、alizationsinceitwouldmodernizetheyoungcountryandencouragetheenterprisingspiritoftheAmericanwhohadlongbeenfamousforit.Hewasfirmlyenthralledbysuchfever,soonceagainheheldanoptimisticattitudetowardsthepost-westwardexpansion.Hedrewmuchinspirationfromtheunparall
8、eledandmagnificenteventandspokehighlyofitsdecision-makersanditspeople.1.2TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnThebestworkthatMarkTwaineverproducedis,aswenotedearlieron,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.Ittellsastoryabo