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
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
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
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
As we all know,Mark Twain is an expert in handling humor.The formation of his language style has close connection with three aspects.Local literature influences Mark Twain very much.Western humor is another influentia...As we all know,Mark Twain is an expert in handling humor.The formation of his language style has close connection with three aspects.Local literature influences Mark Twain very much.Western humor is another influential element.And his personal experience is also contributed to his humorous language style.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
Pudd' nhead Wilson is an excellent novel of Mark Twain.Mark Twain fully uses his great humor to deeply criticize and satirize the darkness of the society in Pudd' nhead Wilson.This paper mainly makes an explor...Pudd' nhead Wilson is an excellent novel of Mark Twain.Mark Twain fully uses his great humor to deeply criticize and satirize the darkness of the society in Pudd' nhead Wilson.This paper mainly makes an exploration on Twain's anti-slavery theme and marvelous humor in the novel.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As we all know,Mark Twain is an expert in handling humor.The formation of his language style has close connection with three aspects.Local literature influences Mark Twain very much.Western humor is another influential element.And his personal experience is also contributed to his humorous language style.
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Pudd' nhead Wilson is an excellent novel of Mark Twain.Mark Twain fully uses his great humor to deeply criticize and satirize the darkness of the society in Pudd' nhead Wilson.This paper mainly makes an exploration on Twain's anti-slavery theme and marvelous humor in the novel.
