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1、----ThetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature----MirrorofAmericaMarkTwainIt’sme+=TheAgeofRealismHowtodefinetheRealisticPeriodinAmericanliteraryhistory?Insteadofthinkingabouttheirrational,theimaginative,realiststoucheduponsocialandpoliticalrealitiesandpres

2、suresinthepost-CivilWarsociety.ThreedominantfiguresareWilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames.Penname:MarkTwainRealname:SamuelLanghorneClemensBirthday:November30,1835Dateofdeath:April21,1910status:anAmericanauthor,humoristandoratorAchievement:TheAdvent

3、uresofTomSawyeranditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn（thelatteroftencalled“TheGreatAmericanNovel”.）Rank:“ThetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.””ThegreatestAmericanhumoristofhisage”BriefintroductionFamilybackgroundBirthplace:FloridaFamily:aVirginian

4、familySibling:Twainwasthesixthofsevenchildren,butonlythreeofhissiblingssurvivedchildhoodFather:alocallawyerMother:aVirginianAge:11----hisfatherdiedAge:15----workedasatypesetterandcontributor(ofarticlesandhumoroussketchesforanewspaperhisbrotherowned)Age:18

5、----workedasaprinterinNewYorkCity(joinedtheprintersunion,andeducatedhimselfinpubliclibrariesintheevenings,findingwiderinformationthanataconventionalschool)LifeexperienceTwainuseddifferentpennamesbeforedecidingon“MarkTwain”.Hesignedhumorousandimaginatives

6、ketchesas“Josh”.Additionally,heused“ThomasJeffersonSnodgrass”foraseriesofhumorousletters.HispennameMarkTwaincamefromhisyearsworkingonMississippiriverboats.Twainisanarchaictermfor“two”.MarkTwainmeansthat“Thewateris12feetdeepanditissafetopass”.Lifeexperienc

7、e(sourceofname)MarkTwainwasoncethepennameofonecaptainIsaiahSellers,whousedtowriterivernewsforNewsOrleansPicayune.OnedayyoungSamuelwrotearudeandcrudesatirewhichwasleveledatCaptainIsaiahSellers.Andinhissatirehemaderudegameofhisreminiscences.Thissatirewaspu

8、blishedintheNewOrleansTrueDelta.AndIsaiahSellerswasdeeplywounded.Heneverpublishedanotherparagraphandneverusedhispennamesincethen.Hediedin1869,andSamuelwasveryregretted.Soheusedthepenname“MarkTwain”towrite.Lifeexperi