marktwain馬克吐溫英文介紹

1、Mark Twain(1835-1910)Mark Twain1 ) His life experience2 ) His famous works3 ) His writing styles4 ) His literary influenceQuestion1 ) Whats the style of the essay? humorous? satirical? serious? or what?2 ) Why did he become more and more bitter in his later years?satirical strk()l adj. 諷刺性的；譏諷的satir

2、ize straz vt. 諷刺；挖苦satire sta n. 諷刺；諷刺文學，諷刺作品His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.an American author and humorista journalist （新聞工作者）who satirized the hypocrisy of man and society Born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835. When he was four, Twains family moved to Hannibal. In 1847 the de

3、ath of his father brought an end to his carefree days, and he had to go to work at the age of 12 as a printers apprentice（學徒）. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor （投稿者）of articles and humorous sketches （素描） for a newspaper owned by his brother.Life experienceFrom 1857 to 1861,T

4、wain worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. This occupation gave him his pen name, Mark Twain.On Mississippi riverboats, two fathoms, a depth indicating safe water for passage of boat, was measured on the sounding line.“Mark twain” was a call used by sailors. Pictures from In 1863,he

5、worked at a Virginia City newspaper. Here he first used his pen name.In 1864,Twain moved to San Francisco, still as a journalist.His first success as a writer came when his humorous tall tale, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published in 1865. It brought him national attention.

6、On February 2, 1870, Twain married Olivia Langdon, the only daughter of a wealthy New York businessman.Pictures from During his seventeen years in Hartford (18741891) and over twenty summers at Quarry Farm, Twain wrote many of his classic novels：The Prince and the Pauper (1881) 王子與貧兒Life on the Miss

7、issippi (1883) 密西西比河上的生活 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889) 誤闖亞瑟王宮Twains greatest fame and his importance in American literature rest largely on his two best known novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 湯姆索亞歷險記 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克費恩歷險記 By 1900 Twain had become Americas

8、 foremost celebrity. He was invited to attend anniversary gatherings, political conventions, and countless dinners. Reporters met him at every port of call, anxious to print a new quip from the famous humorist. Pictures from the failure of his investments, his fatiguing travels and lectures in order

9、 to pay off his debts, the death of his wife and two daughtersthe darkening social lifeSome critics link these tragic events with the change of style in his later works, from an optimist and humorist to an almost despairing determinist.the tragic events of his later life:Mark Twain died of illness o

10、n April 21, 1910. When he passed away, newspapers around the country declared, “The whole world is mourning.”Trilogy of Mississippi(密西西比河三部曲)Life on the Mississippi密西西比河上The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（湯姆索亞歷險記)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利費恩歷險記Other worksRunning for Governor競選州長The 1,000,000

11、Bank-Note百萬英鎊The Gilded Age鍍金時代The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ( his first story) 卡拉維拉斯縣馳名的跳蛙The innocent abroad傻子出國記The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 敗壞了哈德萊堡的人Roughing It苦行記The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 湯姆索亞歷險記The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利費恩歷險記馬克吐溫四大名著Writing Characteristic

12、s of Mark TwainEarly stage: Active & humorMid-term: Satire（諷刺）Later period-Pessimistic & desperateHe used a lot of colloquial idioms（俚語） and colloquial syntax（口語）and made his writing full of allegories（寓言） that lay behind the humor.like a sharp weaponHis contribution & influenceHe made colloquial sp

13、eech an accepted, respectable literary medium in the literary history of the country. Its influence is clearly visible in 12th-century American literature. Mark Twain was a social critic as well. He loved freedom and justice, felt a pride in human dignity and advocated brotherhood of man. He hated meanness and cruelty. His writings touch upon almost every issue of his time such as politics, religion, slavery, and the persecution of the Chinese and the Jews.Question1 ) Whats the style of the essay? humorous? satirical? serious? or what?