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1、ComparisonOnsatireinLuxun’sandMarkTwain’sWorksHUANGHES&TCOLLEGESCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESZHOUZHANJUN(黄河科技学院外国语学院周战军)Abstract:Livingduringtheperiodof19th-20thcentury,LuXunandMarkTwainaretwogreatrepresentativesofChineseandAmericannovelistsrespectively.Bot
2、hofthemaremastersofwritinginsatire.Thisarticlecomparesthesimilaritiesanddifferencesintheirsatireandhastheconclusionthattheirinfluenceisstillfar-reaching.KeyWords:comparison;satire;directsatire;roundaboutsatireI.PurposeofthethesisBothLuXunandMarkTwaina
3、remastersofsatireandcontributealottoChineseandAmericanliteraturerespectively.Theyhadgreatinfluenceuponwritersafterthem,especiallyfortheirwritingvehicles—satire.SofarmanyresearchershavebecomeincreasinglyinterestedinLuXun’ssatireorMarkTwain’ssatire.Howe
4、ver,fewstudieshavemadeonthecomparisonofLuXun’ssatireandMarkTwain’ssatire.ThisisoneofthereasonswhyI’minterestedinthistopic.Forotherreasons,theyhadalargenumberofsimilarities:LuXunwasthepennameofZhouShuren;MarkTwain,pseudonymofSamuelClemens.Thelifespanof
5、thetwowriterscoverednearlythesameage,LuXunwasbornin1881,anddiedin1936;whileMarkTwainlivedfrom1835to1910.Meanwhile,LuXunwasthefounderofmodernBaihua;whileMarkTwainplayedaveryimportantroleinspreadingAmericanColloquialism.BothBaihuaandColloquialismaremile
6、stonesinliterature.ThemostimportantreasonwhyI’dlikewritingthisisthatIappreciateLuXunandMarkTwain’sprominentsatire.SomeexpertshadanalyzedMarkTwain’ssatire,theypointedoutthatMarkTwainmixedhumorwithsatire.SomescholarsevenarguedthatMarkTwain’swritingstyle
7、wastransferredfromhumortosatire.Still,otherstudieshaveshownthatLuXundescribedthepsychologyandperformanceofcharacterstocriticizetheunawakepeople.Inthisthesis,IwanttomakeacomparisononLuXun’ssatireandMarkTwain’ssatire,tohaveapreliminarystudyonthestyleoft
8、heirsatire.Inordertofinishthisjob,somebooksarehelpful,suchasLuXun’sKongYiji,TheTrueStoryofAhQ,TheMedicine,MarkTwain’sTheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountry,TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburg.Meanwhile,somewriter’sviewsaboutLuXunandMarkTwain’ssat