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1、Whatmakes“TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinn”morethanachild’sadventurestory?Brieflydiscussthequestionfromthefollowingaspects:thesetting，thelanguage，thecharacter(s)andthestyle.A.Setting:inthenovel,Marktwainrecreatesasmall-townworldofAmericaandpresentsthelocalcolor.B.Lang
2、uage:Heusessimple,directlanguagefaithfultothecolloquialspeech,thevernacularlanguageofthelocalpeople.C.Character(s):Theauthorrecreatestworebelsandfugitivesrunningawayfromcivilization,especiallyHuckleberryFinn,aninnocentboywhorefusestoaccepttheconventionalvillagemoral
3、ity.D.Theme:Thenovelisacriticismofsocialinjustice,hypocrisy,conservativenessandnarrow-mindednessoftheAmericansmalltownsociety.E.Style:Thenovelemploysahumorousstyleofnarrationandisalsohighlysymbolicwiththecentralsymbol.DanielDefoe’snovelRobinsonCrusoewasagreatsuccess
4、partlybecausetheprotagonistwasarealmiddle-classhero.DiscussCrusoe,theprotagonistofthenovel,asanembodimentoftherisingmiddle-classvirtuesinthemid-eighteenthcenturyEngland.A.Socialbackground:TheEighteenthCenturyEnglandwitnessedthegrowingimportanceofthemiddleclass.a.Ind
5、ustrialRevolution;b.Theexpansionofinternationalmarkets;c.Themiddleclasswasarevolutionaryclassthenandquitedifferentfromthefeudalaristocraticclass.Theywerepeoplewhohadknownpovertyandhardship,andmostofthemhadobtainedtheirpresentsocialstatusthroughhardwork.Theybelievedi
6、nself-restraint,self-relianceandhardwork.Towork,toeconomizeandtoaccumulatewealthconstitutedthewholemeaningoftheirlife.d.Literatureshouldprovidearealisticpresentationofthelifeofthecommonpeople;itshouldmeetthedemandofthemiddleclasspeople.B.RobinsonCrusoeembodiesthevir
7、tuesofthemiddleclasspeople.Withagreatcapacityforwork,inexhaustibleenergy,courageandpersistenceinovercomingdifficulties,instrugglingagainstnature,Crusoebecomestheprototypeoftheempirebuilder,thepioneercolonist.WhatarethemajorpointsaboutEnlightenment?A.The18th-centuryE
8、nglandisknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.TheEnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichflourishedinFranceand
