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1、----ThetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature----MirrorofAmericaMarkTwainIt’sme+=TheAgeofRealismHowtodefinetheRealisticPeriodinAmericanliteraryhistory?Theperiodrangingfrom1865tol914hasbeenreferredtoastheAgeofRealismintheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates,whichisactua

2、llyamovementortendencythatdominatedthespiritofAmericanliterature,especiallyAmericanfiction,fromthe1850sonwards.RealismwasareactionagainstRomanticismoramoveawayfromthebiastowardsromanceandself-creatingfictions,anditpavedthewaytoModernism.Insteadofthinkingabouttheirr

3、ational,theimaginative,realiststoucheduponsocialandpoliticalrealitiesandpressuresinthepost-CivilWarsociety.ThreedominantfiguresareWilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames.Penname:MarkTwainRealname:SamuelLanghorneClemensBirthday:November30,1835Dateofdeath:April21,

4、1910status:anAmericanauthor,humoristandoratorAchievement:TheAdventuresofTomSawyeranditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn（thelatteroftencalled“TheGreatAmericanNovel”.）Rank:“ThetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.””ThegreatestAmericanhumoristofhisage”Briefintrodu

5、ctionFamilybackgroundBirthplace:FloridaFamily:aVirginianfamilySibling:Twainwasthesixthofsevenchildren,butonlythreeofhissiblingssurvivedchildhoodFather:alocallawyerMother:aVirginianAge:11----hisfatherdiedAge:15----workedasatypesetterandcontributor(ofarticlesandhumor

6、oussketchesforanewspaperhisbrotherowned)Age:18----workedasaprinterinNewYorkCity(joinedtheprintersunion,andeducatedhimselfinpubliclibrariesintheevenings,findingwiderinformationthanataconventionalschool)LifeexperienceTwainuseddifferentpennamesbeforedecidingon“MarkTw

7、ain”.Hesignedhumorousandimaginativesketchesas“Josh”.Additionally,heused“ThomasJeffersonSnodgrass”foraseriesofhumorousletters.HispennameMarkTwaincamefromhisyearsworkingonMississippiriverboats.Twainisanarchaictermfor“two”.MarkTwainmeansthat“Thewateris12feetdeepanditi

8、ssafetopass”.Lifeexperience(sourceofname)MarkTwainwasoncethepennameofonecaptainIsaiahSellers,whousedtowriterivernewsforNewsOrleansPicayune.Oneda