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1、毕业论文(设计)RealisminTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn1.Introduction12.RealisticthemesinTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn32.1Characterization32.1.1Huck32.1.2Jim72.2Slavery92.2.1Thebadtreatmentofslaves92.2.2Whiteadults’attitudetoslaves102.2.3Huck’sattitudetoslaves1
2、22.2.4Jim’sattitudetoslaves132.3Expositionofobjectivity142.3.1Fatuity152.3.2Moneyworship163.Conclusion17References181.IntroductionTheCivilWarbrokeoutin1861,whichmarkedachangeinAmerica.BeforetheCivilWar,Americahadessentiallyarural,agrarian,isolatedrepubli
3、c,which’sidealistic,confident,andself-reliantinhabitantsforthemostpartbelievedinGod.MostAmericanshadastrongviewthatAmericawasthemostdemocraticandcivilizedcountryintheworld.AftertheCivilWar,theUnitedStateswastransformedintoanindustrialandurbannation.Onthe
4、surfacetherewereelegance,securityandcomfort;butunderneaththerewereallseethingdisconcertanddisappointment.Greatwealthandeconomicpowerbecamemoreandmoreconcentratedinthehandsofthefew.Sothenationbecamealandofcontrastingwealthandpoverty;politicalandcommercial
5、corruptiongrewwidespread.Allthesemadeitspeoplebegintoquestiontheassumptionssharedbythetranscendentalists-naturalgoodness,theoptimisticviewofnatureandman,benevolentGod.Inthemeantime,peopleoftheUnitedStatesbegantotireofthesentimental19毕业论文(设计)feelingsofthe
6、RomanticismaftertheCivilWar,justastheyturnedawayfromPuritanismatthecloseofthe18thcentury.Anewinspirationcameoverthem.Insteadofthinkingaboutthemysteriesoflifeanddeath,people’sattentionwasnowdirectedtotheinterestingfeaturesofeverydayexistence.Lifeitselfhel
7、dachallenge.Azestforlivingnaturally,completely,andevenboisterouslybecamethevogue.Thisnewattitudewascharacterizedbyagreatinterestintherealitiesoflife.Therefore,anewattitudeofrealismenteredAmericanliterature,whichstartedanewperiodinAmericanwritingknownasth
8、eriseofRealism(WangSongnian,ed.2004).Astimepassed,Romanticists’optimismwasreplacedbyphilosophicalrealism.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,realismbecameamajortrendin1870sand1880sofAmericanLiterature.Realismist