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A Mirror of AmericaA Mirror of AmericaLETS GOMARK TWIN OF MISSISSIPPMARK TWIN OF MISSISSIPPICONTENTSSecond part.Second part.(His writingHis writing)1.Mark Twain and 1.Mark Twain and the the MississippiMississippi.2.Major Works.2.Major Works.3.Writing Features3.Writing Featuresthird partthird part.(Writing style)1.1.Life and WritingLife and Writing2.a Local Colorist2.a Local Colorist3.3.Use of Use of VernacularVernacular4.Humor4.HumorFourth part.Fourth part.(OthersOthers)1.1.His Famous His Famous WordsWords2.2.A Mirror of A Mirror of AmericaAmericaFirst part.First part.(His exeperienceHis exeperience)1.Early life experience1.Early life experience2.His Marriage2.His Marriage3.In His Middle Ages3.In His Middle Ages4.His Later Life4.His Later Life5.His Death5.His DeathPART ONEFirst part.(His exeperience)1.Early life experience1.Early life experience2.His Marriage2.His Marriage3.In His Middle Ages3.In His Middle Ages4.His Later Life4.His Later Life5.His Death5.His DeathTwains real name was Samuel Clemens.Mark Twain,which meanswatermark two,was a call used by sailors on the Mississippi to warn shipmates that they were coming into shallow water.The Name of Mark TwainThe Name of Mark TwainMark Twain(1835-1910)Mark Twain(1835-1910)Mark Twain was a great American writer,and he was also a famous speaker.Samuel Langhorne Clemens(Mark Twain)was born in Florida and he was not a healthy baby.In fact,he was not expected to live through the first winter.But with his mothers tender care,he managed to survive.As a boy,he caused much trouble for his parents.He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbors.He didnt like to go to school,and he constantly ran away from home.Early life experienceEarly life experienceBorn in a little town in MississippiAt 11,he lost his fatherAt 13,he stopped schoolingTramp printerSteamboat pilot on the MississippiConfederate guerrillaProspectorReporter on the far western frontierTraveler abroadHis MarriageHis MarriageAt 34 years old he married Olivia Langdon Clemens,daughter of a New York coal magnate,a member of the countrys wealthy elite.She would be partner,editor,and fellow traveler in success and failure for the next thirty-five years.In His Middle AgesIn His Middle AgesBy 1900 Twain had become Americas foremost celebrity.He was invited to attend ship launchings,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.To enhance his image,he took to wearing white suits and loved to stroll down the street and see people staring at him.His Later LifeHis Later LifeThere are many tragic events in his later life:the failure of his investments,his fatiguing travels and lectures in order to pay off his debts,and added to this,the death of his wife and two daughters which left him absolutely inconsolable.Some critics link these tragic events with the change of style in his later works,from an optimist and humorist to an almost despairing determinist.His DeathHis Death Mark Twain died of illness on April 21,1910.When he passed away,newspapers around the country declared,“The whole world is mourning.”By then,Sam Clemens had long since ceased to be a private citizen.He had become Mark Twain,a proud possession of the American nation.PART TWOSecond part.Second part.(His writingHis writing)1.Mark Twain and the 1.Mark Twain and the MississippiMississippi.2.Major Works.2.Major Works.3.Writing Features3.Writing FeaturesMark Twain and the Mark Twain and the MississippMississippiMark Twain loved the great river so much that he always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi.Many of his great works are set in the background of the Mississippi River,such as the Adventures of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,the Adventures of Tom Huckleberry Finn,the Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Sawyer,and Life on the Mississippi.Samuel Clemens Major WorksSamuel Clemens Major WorksThe The G Gilded Age ilded Age 镀镀金金时时代代 written in collaboration with written in collaboration with Charles Dudley WarnerCharles Dudley WarnerLife on the MississippiLife on the Mississippi 密西西比河上密西西比河上A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court亚亚瑟王朝里瑟王朝里的康涅狄格州美国佬的康涅狄格州美国佬The Man That Corrupted HardleybugThe Man That Corrupted Hardleybug败败坏了哈德莱堡的人坏了哈德莱堡的人The Mysterious StrangerThe Mysterious Stranger 神秘的陌生人神秘的陌生人AutobiographyAutobiographyThese works contain bitter attacks on the human raceThese works contain bitter attacks on the human raceThe Innocents Abroad 傻子国外旅行记Roughing It艰难岁月Puddnhead Wilson傻瓜维尔逊The Prince and the Pauper王子与贫民 American Claimant美国申请人 Mark Twains Writing Features Mark Twains Writing FeaturesHabitsHe used a lot of colloquial idioms and colloquial syntax.he used colloquial language,vern nacular language,dialects shortconcrete direct in effectwordssimple,even ungrammaticalsentence&structuresMark Twains Writing FeaturesHe often described He often described persons who was persons who was innocent,simple,naive,innocent,simple,naive,and and i ignorant as his heroes gnorant as his heroes or heroines.or heroines.PART THREEthird partthird part.(Writing style)1.1.Life and WritingLife and Writing2.a Local Colorist2.a Local Colorist3.3.Use of Use of VernacularVernacular4.Humor4.HumorMark Twains Life and Writing:Mark Twain is a great literary giant of America,whom Mark Twain is a great literary giant of America,whom H.L.Mencken considered H.L.Mencken considered“the true father of our national the true father of our national literature.literature.”With works like With works like Adventure ofAdventure of Huckleberry FinnHuckleberry Finn 哈哈克克贝贝利芬利芬历险记历险记(1 1884 4)and and Life on the MississippiLife on the Mississippi密西西比河上密西西比河上的生活的生活 (1 1883 3)Twain shaped the worlds view of America and Twain shaped the worlds view of America and made a more extensive combination of American folk made a more extensive combination of American folk humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever humor and serious literature than previous writers had ever done.done.Mark Twain,Pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens,Mark Twain,Pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens,was born on November 30,1was born on November 30,1835,in Missouri,and grew up in 35,in Missouri,and grew up in the river town of Hannibal.After his father died,he began to the river town of Hannibal.After his father died,he began to seek his own fortune.He once worked as a journeyman seek his own fortune.He once worked as a journeyman printer,a steamboat pilot,a newspaper columnist and as a printer,a steamboat pilot,a newspaper columnist and as a lecturer.Twains writing took the form of humorous journalism lecturer.Twains writing took the form of humorous journalism of the time,and it enabled him to master the techniof the time,and it enabled him to master the technique of ue of narration.narration.25%Twain as a Local ColoristTwain as a Local Colorist50%Twain is also known as a local colorist,who preferred to present social life Twain is also known as a local colorist,who preferred to present social life through portraits of the local characters of his regions,including people through portraits of the local characters of his regions,including people living in that area,the landscape,and other peculiarities like the living in that area,the landscape,and other peculiarities like the customs,dialects,costumes and so on.Consecustoms,dialects,costumes and so on.Consequently,the rich material of uently,the rich material of his boyhood experience on the Mississippi became the endless resources his boyhood experience on the Mississippi became the endless resources for his fiction,and the Mississippi valley and the West became his major for his fiction,and the Mississippi valley and the West became his major theme.Unlike theme.Unlike James and Howells,Mark Twain wrote about the lowerames and Howells,Mark Twain wrote about the lower-class class people,because they were the people he knew so well and their life people,because they were the people he knew so well and their life was the one he himself had lived.Moreover he successfully used local was the one he himself had lived.Moreover he successfully used local color and historical settings to illustrate and shed light on the color and historical settings to illustrate and shed light on the contemporary society.contemporary society.Twains Use of VernacularTwains Use of Vernacular76%Another fact that made Twain uniAnother fact that made Twain unique is his magic power with ue is his magic power with language,his use of vernacular.His words are collolanguage,his use of vernacular.His words are colloquial,concrete uial,concrete and direct in effect,and his sentence structures are simple,even and direct in effect,and his sentence structures are simple,even ungrammatical,which is typical of the spoken language.And ungrammatical,which is typical of the spoken language.And Twain skillfully used the colloTwain skillfully used the colloquialism to cast his protagonists in their uialism to cast his protagonists in their everyday life.Whats more,his characters,confined to a particular everyday life.Whats more,his characters,confined to a particular region and to a particular historical moment,speak with a strong region and to a particular historical moment,speak with a strong accent,which is true of his local colorism.Besides,different accent,which is true of his local colorism.Besides,different characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talk characters from different literary or cultural backgrounds talk differently,as is the case with Huck,Tom,and differently,as is the case with Huck,Tom,and Jim.Indeed,with his im.Indeed,with his great mastery and effective use of vernacular,Twain has made great mastery and effective use of vernacular,Twain has made collocolloquial speech an accepted,respectable literary medium in the uial speech an accepted,respectable literary medium in the literary history of the country.His style of language was later taken literary history of the country.His style of language was later taken up by his descendants,Sherwood Anderson and Ernest up by his descendants,Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway,and influenced generations of letters.Hemingway,and influenced generations of letters.His HumorHis Humor99%Mark Twains humor is remarkable,too.It is fun to read Mark Twains humor is remarkable,too.It is fun to read Twain to begin with,for most of his works tend to be funny,Twain to begin with,for most of his works tend to be funny,containing some practical jokes,comic details,witty containing some practical jokes,comic details,witty remarks,etc.,and some of them are actually tall talesremarks,etc.,and some of them are actually tall tales(荒荒诞诞不不经经的故事的故事).By considering his experience as a.By considering his experience as a newspaperman,Mark Twain shared the popular image of newspaperman,Mark Twain shared the popular image of the American funny man whose punning,facetious,the American funny man whose punning,facetious,irreverent articles filled the newspapers,and a great deal of irreverent articles filled the newspapers,and a great deal of his humor is characterized by puns,straighthis humor is characterized by puns,straight-faced faced exaggeration,repetition,and antiexaggeration,repetition,and anti-climax,let alone tricks of climax,let alone tricks of travesty and invective.However,his humor is not only of travesty and invective.However,his humor is not only of witty remarks mocking at small things or of farcical elements witty remarks mocking at small things or of farcical elements making people laugh,but a kind of artistic style used to making people laugh,but a kind of artistic style used to criticize the social injustice and satirize the decayed criticize the social injustice and satirize the decayed romanticism.romanticism.Mark Twains MasterpiecesMark Twains MasterpiecesPART FOURFourth part.Fourth part.(OthersOthers)1.1.His Famous WordsHis Famous Words2.2.A Mirror of AmericaA Mirror of AmericaHis Famous WordsHis Famous Words“Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early,and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.”70%“Humor is mankinds greatest blessing.”“Humor is mankinds greatest blessing.”55%“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”40%His Famous WordsHis Famous WordsThe Project“The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that will last through a whole lifetime,if not asked to lend money.Product OneVIEW MORE“Of all Gods creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash.That one is the cat.If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man,but it would deteriorate the cat.”Product TwoVIEW MORE“Nothing is made in vain,but the fly came near it.”“Id rather have ten snakes in the house than one fly.”Product ThreeVIEW MOREA Mirror of AmericaA Mirror of America1.“Mirror”here means a person who gives a true representation or description of the country.2.Generally speaking,all literary giants in human history are also great historians,thinkers and philosophers.Their works often reveal more truth than many political essays.3.Mark Twain was one of these giants,and his life and works are a mirror of America of his time.THANK YOUMark Twain