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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------LiteraryGiant:MarkTwain(-)LiteraryGiant:MarkTwain(1835-1910)“Criticismisaqueerthing.IfIprint‘Shewasstarknaked’-thenproceededtodescribeherpersonindetail,whatcriticwouldnothowl?-whowouldven
2、turetoleavethebookonaparlortable,-buttheartistdoesthisallagesgatheraroundlooktalkpoint.Ican’tsay,‘Theycuthisheadoff,orstabbedhim,‘describethebloodtheagonyinhisface.”MarkTwain-Notebook#18,Feb.-Sept.1879MarkTwain-ABriefAssessmentAsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsahumorists,MarkTwain,thepen
3、nameofSamuelLanghorneClemensusuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandandthingsheknewaboutfromfirsthandexperience.HislifespannedthetwoAmericas,thefrontierAmericathatproducedsomuchofnationalmythologyandtheemergingurban,industrialgiantofthe20th7------------------------------------------------
4、----精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------century.AttheheartofTwain’sachievementishiscreationofTomSawyerandHuckFinn,whoembodythemythicAmerica,midwaybetweenthe
5、wildernessandthemodelstate.TheGildedAge,camein1873.Itwasoneofthefirstnovels,whichtriedtodescribethenewmorality(orimmorality)ofpost-CivilWarAmerica.Oneofthenewelementsofthisnovelisthatitcreatesapictureoftheentirenation,ratherthanofjustoneregion.AlthoughithasanumberofTwain’stypicallyhumorouschar
6、acters,therealthemeisAmerica’slossofitsoldidealism.Thebookdescribeshowagroupofyoungpeopleismorallydestroyedbythedreamofbecomingrich.Twain,thethirdoffivechildren,wasbornonNovel1835,inthevillageofFlorida,Missouri,andgrewupintrivertownofHannibal,thatmixtureofidyllandnighandaroundwhichTomSawyerand
7、HuckFinnliveiadventure-filledsummers.HannibalwasdustyandquitlargeforestsnearbywhichTwainknewasachildandusesinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1884)wkidnapsHuckandhidesoutinthegreatforest.Thesitwhichpasseddailywerethefascinationofthetownam
