Mark Twain's humorous writing style and thought-provoking satire has great influence on world literature.This paper attempts to explore the satirical art of his short story Is He living or Is He dead?,aiming at sh...Mark Twain's humorous writing style and thought-provoking satire has great influence on world literature.This paper attempts to explore the satirical art of his short story Is He living or Is He dead?,aiming at showing the immortal artistic charm of Mark Twain's works.展开更多
In this paper, the author intends to parallelize Mark Twain＇s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court with Foucault＇s theorizations about heterotopia, or heterotopology. For Foucault, heterotopia is a paradox b...In this paper, the author intends to parallelize Mark Twain＇s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court with Foucault＇s theorizations about heterotopia, or heterotopology. For Foucault, heterotopia is a paradox because it is paces that are both real and placeless. Twain＇s novel is a time travel story, which juxtaposes the temporalities of the 6th and 19th centuries. In the story, Hank, the hero, is allowed access to Camelot, King Arthur＇s court. Above all, he has introduced to it quite a few elements of modem technology and civilization. So far Twain seems to have complied with Foucault＇s heterotopology. That is, there is a textual heterotopia created in his novel. However, the last principle of Foucault＇s heterotopology states that a heterotopia can be comparable to a utopia because of its contrastive function. A typical time travel story has the same contrastive function as well. That is, in either case there should be a utopia, a dystopia, or a mixture of them. However, Twain＇s novel fails to contrast the 6th century with the 19th century simply because the heterotopia Hank has created leaps from a utopia to a dystopia. It is at this point where Twain has deviated from heterotopology. The shifting nature of this heterotopia not only disables its contrastive mechanism but also jeopardizes its thematic clarity. Most of all, it indicates that Twain has a considerably ambivalent attitude towards the industrial civilization, and that as a consequence, he is indecisive about the direction of this novel.展开更多
Mark Twain is a famous writer and orator in America.Being distinguished from many greatest American writers,Mark Twain is noted for his language.Humor and satire are the best generalizations of his writing style.He is...Mark Twain is a famous writer and orator in America.Being distinguished from many greatest American writers,Mark Twain is noted for his language.Humor and satire are the best generalizations of his writing style.He is superior to other contemporary writers in that he not only makes use of humorous language to create a ridiculous atmosphere,but also to raise the curtain over the darkness of American society.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most typical one that can show his unique language.The author makes a humorous effect through the application of exaggerated language,expands the effect through the explicit and implicit contrast of the discourse,and creates a humorous atmosphere through the use of vernacular and dialect.Based on the discussion of humor and its characteristics,this paper analyzes and arranges the humorous language of Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,and then discusses how Mark Twain achieves the humorous effect by violating the Cooperative Principle,thus revealing the theme.展开更多
The man who corrupted the Hadleyburg is one of the short stories written by Mark Twin. It is famous for its successful humorous and sarcastic art which bases on the writer＇ s insight into human nature-honesty and hyp...The man who corrupted the Hadleyburg is one of the short stories written by Mark Twin. It is famous for its successful humorous and sarcastic art which bases on the writer＇ s insight into human nature-honesty and hypocrisy. The paper focuses on the collision and conflict between the virtue and the temptation of the people in the society in this work. By the sharp sarcasm the writer exposes the essence of the pretended goodness and kindness and the profit-grabbing of the bourgeoisie.展开更多
Local colorism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore and other qualities of a particular r...Local colorism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. The most famous local colorist was Mark Twain. His fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, was regarded as"the first great novel in America", as well as the most classical work of local colorism.展开更多
This article is a briefly description of humor&satire in Mark Twain’s work:The Adventure of Huckberry Finn.Mark Twain’s humor&satire is the typical American style one,using colloquial language and slang in h...This article is a briefly description of humor&satire in Mark Twain’s work:The Adventure of Huckberry Finn.Mark Twain’s humor&satire is the typical American style one,using colloquial language and slang in his own writing.Only when readers know some background knowledge before can they get the humor&satire in Make.Twain’s works.The theme of this novel is combined by the experiences and encounters down the Mississippi of the two boys:Huck and Jim.Their journey presents a sample of the small town world of America.This colloquial yet poetic style makes the humor&satire more impressive in the work.展开更多
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. Huck has become the antihero in American literature. In addition, this kind of rebellion of spirit even has a realistic sense at presen...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. Huck has become the antihero in American literature. In addition, this kind of rebellion of spirit even has a realistic sense at present. This paper discusses Jim's anti-slavery from its source and conception. At last, the author concludes the indelible artistic value of Jim.展开更多
Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humorous satire had great impact on the following men of letters; critics also attached significant importance to it and put f...Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humorous satire had great impact on the following men of letters; critics also attached significant importance to it and put forward various interpretations. Noticeably, his humor ous satire finds full expression in his famous short story, Running for Governor. In it, with humor and satire, he exposed the true features and hypocrisy of American democracy. The paper tries to analyze the basic elements which affected Mark Twain's humorous satire, aiming at offering rational analysis of this humorous satire in Running for Governor as well as making Twain's works readily understood.展开更多
Both Mark Twain and Lu Xun were the most well-known writers in the world literature. They were famous for biting style of writing and the way of using humor and irony,which won high praise of public. Although they liv...Both Mark Twain and Lu Xun were the most well-known writers in the world literature. They were famous for biting style of writing and the way of using humor and irony,which won high praise of public. Although they lived in different countries and even different times,they shared certain similarities. This thesis will compare the likeness in their writing styles,especially their employment of sharp contrast. As for language,they were all the leaders in literature. It seemed that their works were just for fun. Actually there was light of thoughts in them that were used to satirize,to disclose,to laugh and eventually to cure people's soul. Therefore,after reading their works,people would laugh with tears and come to examine themselves. Naturally the glorification and organization of translating Mark Twain's works may result in the similarities of writing styles between the two men of letters.展开更多
In the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Mississippi river plays an important role, it exerts a great influence on the development of the story. Mississippi river is given...In the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Mississippi river plays an important role, it exerts a great influence on the development of the story. Mississippi river is given the symbolic meaning of freedom, adventure, variation and hope by Mark Twain.展开更多
Mark Twain was sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of American Literature. His novels demonstrate his preference realism to romanticism. by means of providing in them with his own experiences, regional stories and tales o...Mark Twain was sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of American Literature. His novels demonstrate his preference realism to romanticism. by means of providing in them with his own experiences, regional stories and tales of the life of Americans. and of criticizing seriously those who lead a romantic life and those who insist on romanticism writing.展开更多
As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorist,Mark Twain,usually wrote aout his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experience.Among his books,The Adventures of Huckleberry...As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorist,Mark Twain,usually wrote aout his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experience.Among his books,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been considered the greatest one.In this paper I would argue that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not merely a child’s story.It’s a book for the discerning adult.twain gives his young hero very adult problems.Actually,what are the adult problems of the young hero?What does it implied behind Huck’s adventures? This article aims to answer these questions and give more and deep analysis of Huck’s advetures.展开更多
Mark Twain’s distaste for anti-Semitism was well-known.He had published a searing exposéof anti-Semitism in the Austro-Hungarian empire.He had minced no words denouncing pogroms in Russia and had been a featured...Mark Twain’s distaste for anti-Semitism was well-known.He had published a searing exposéof anti-Semitism in the Austro-Hungarian empire.He had minced no words denouncing pogroms in Russia and had been a featured speaker at a benefit for Russian Jews.He had condemned French anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus Affair on numerous occasions.In a widelyread essay called“Concerning the Jews”he had provided his own analysis of the roots of antiSemitism.And when his daughter decided to marry a Russian Jewish pianist and conductor,Twain warmly welcomed the son-in-law into the family.So how can it be that some of Twain’s comments from“Concerning the Jews”regularly get quoted with approval today on white supremacist,neoNazi,and other anti-Semitic websites and blogs?This essay draws on Mark Twain’s writings and biography;on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century social,cultural,and political history;and on scholarship on the history of anti-Semitism and racism to explore some answers to this question.It endeavors to complicate our understanding of Mark Twain’s attitudes—his astute insights and his embarrassing blind spots,his lucidity on the one hand,and his myopia on the other.展开更多
文摘Mark Twain's humorous writing style and thought-provoking satire has great influence on world literature.This paper attempts to explore the satirical art of his short story Is He living or Is He dead?,aiming at showing the immortal artistic charm of Mark Twain's works.
文摘In this paper, the author intends to parallelize Mark Twain＇s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur＇s Court with Foucault＇s theorizations about heterotopia, or heterotopology. For Foucault, heterotopia is a paradox because it is paces that are both real and placeless. Twain＇s novel is a time travel story, which juxtaposes the temporalities of the 6th and 19th centuries. In the story, Hank, the hero, is allowed access to Camelot, King Arthur＇s court. Above all, he has introduced to it quite a few elements of modem technology and civilization. So far Twain seems to have complied with Foucault＇s heterotopology. That is, there is a textual heterotopia created in his novel. However, the last principle of Foucault＇s heterotopology states that a heterotopia can be comparable to a utopia because of its contrastive function. A typical time travel story has the same contrastive function as well. That is, in either case there should be a utopia, a dystopia, or a mixture of them. However, Twain＇s novel fails to contrast the 6th century with the 19th century simply because the heterotopia Hank has created leaps from a utopia to a dystopia. It is at this point where Twain has deviated from heterotopology. The shifting nature of this heterotopia not only disables its contrastive mechanism but also jeopardizes its thematic clarity. Most of all, it indicates that Twain has a considerably ambivalent attitude towards the industrial civilization, and that as a consequence, he is indecisive about the direction of this novel.
文摘Mark Twain is a famous writer and orator in America.Being distinguished from many greatest American writers,Mark Twain is noted for his language.Humor and satire are the best generalizations of his writing style.He is superior to other contemporary writers in that he not only makes use of humorous language to create a ridiculous atmosphere,but also to raise the curtain over the darkness of American society.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most typical one that can show his unique language.The author makes a humorous effect through the application of exaggerated language,expands the effect through the explicit and implicit contrast of the discourse,and creates a humorous atmosphere through the use of vernacular and dialect.Based on the discussion of humor and its characteristics,this paper analyzes and arranges the humorous language of Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,and then discusses how Mark Twain achieves the humorous effect by violating the Cooperative Principle,thus revealing the theme.
文摘The man who corrupted the Hadleyburg is one of the short stories written by Mark Twin. It is famous for its successful humorous and sarcastic art which bases on the writer＇ s insight into human nature-honesty and hypocrisy. The paper focuses on the collision and conflict between the virtue and the temptation of the people in the society in this work. By the sharp sarcasm the writer exposes the essence of the pretended goodness and kindness and the profit-grabbing of the bourgeoisie.
文摘Local colorism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. The most famous local colorist was Mark Twain. His fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, was regarded as"the first great novel in America", as well as the most classical work of local colorism.
文摘This article is a briefly description of humor&satire in Mark Twain’s work:The Adventure of Huckberry Finn.Mark Twain’s humor&satire is the typical American style one,using colloquial language and slang in his own writing.Only when readers know some background knowledge before can they get the humor&satire in Make.Twain’s works.The theme of this novel is combined by the experiences and encounters down the Mississippi of the two boys:Huck and Jim.Their journey presents a sample of the small town world of America.This colloquial yet poetic style makes the humor&satire more impressive in the work.
文摘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most famous works of Mark Twain. Huck has become the antihero in American literature. In addition, this kind of rebellion of spirit even has a realistic sense at present. This paper discusses Jim's anti-slavery from its source and conception. At last, the author concludes the indelible artistic value of Jim.
文摘Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humorous satire had great impact on the following men of letters; critics also attached significant importance to it and put forward various interpretations. Noticeably, his humor ous satire finds full expression in his famous short story, Running for Governor. In it, with humor and satire, he exposed the true features and hypocrisy of American democracy. The paper tries to analyze the basic elements which affected Mark Twain's humorous satire, aiming at offering rational analysis of this humorous satire in Running for Governor as well as making Twain's works readily understood.
文摘Both Mark Twain and Lu Xun were the most well-known writers in the world literature. They were famous for biting style of writing and the way of using humor and irony,which won high praise of public. Although they lived in different countries and even different times,they shared certain similarities. This thesis will compare the likeness in their writing styles,especially their employment of sharp contrast. As for language,they were all the leaders in literature. It seemed that their works were just for fun. Actually there was light of thoughts in them that were used to satirize,to disclose,to laugh and eventually to cure people's soul. Therefore,after reading their works,people would laugh with tears and come to examine themselves. Naturally the glorification and organization of translating Mark Twain's works may result in the similarities of writing styles between the two men of letters.
文摘In the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Mississippi river plays an important role, it exerts a great influence on the development of the story. Mississippi river is given the symbolic meaning of freedom, adventure, variation and hope by Mark Twain.
文摘Mark Twain was sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of American Literature. His novels demonstrate his preference realism to romanticism. by means of providing in them with his own experiences, regional stories and tales of the life of Americans. and of criticizing seriously those who lead a romantic life and those who insist on romanticism writing.
文摘As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorist,Mark Twain,usually wrote aout his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experience.Among his books,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been considered the greatest one.In this paper I would argue that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not merely a child’s story.It’s a book for the discerning adult.twain gives his young hero very adult problems.Actually,what are the adult problems of the young hero?What does it implied behind Huck’s adventures? This article aims to answer these questions and give more and deep analysis of Huck’s advetures.
文摘Mark Twain’s distaste for anti-Semitism was well-known.He had published a searing exposéof anti-Semitism in the Austro-Hungarian empire.He had minced no words denouncing pogroms in Russia and had been a featured speaker at a benefit for Russian Jews.He had condemned French anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus Affair on numerous occasions.In a widelyread essay called“Concerning the Jews”he had provided his own analysis of the roots of antiSemitism.And when his daughter decided to marry a Russian Jewish pianist and conductor,Twain warmly welcomed the son-in-law into the family.So how can it be that some of Twain’s comments from“Concerning the Jews”regularly get quoted with approval today on white supremacist,neoNazi,and other anti-Semitic websites and blogs?This essay draws on Mark Twain’s writings and biography;on nineteenth-and early twentieth-century social,cultural,and political history;and on scholarship on the history of anti-Semitism and racism to explore some answers to this question.It endeavors to complicate our understanding of Mark Twain’s attitudes—his astute insights and his embarrassing blind spots,his lucidity on the one hand,and his myopia on the other.
