马克马克 ·· 吐温吐温Mark TwainMark Twain

马克马克 ·· 吐温吐温Mark TwainMark Twain

Class one 110151049谢祎

1835 , 11, 30 born in Florida, Missouri

1847 his father died of pneumonia

1848 printer's apprentice

1851 a typesetter and contributor

1853 left Hannibal

a printer

1857—1861 a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot

—— pen name, Mark Twain for a measured river depth

of two fathoms After serving in Confederate Army

a printer a mining prospector a journalist

1867 tour of Europe and the Middle East

wrote a collection of travel letters

1869 -- 1871 an editor and writer

In February 1870

Twain and Langdon were married

marriage lasted 34 years

son Langdon died of diphtheria at age of 19 months

three daughters:

Susy , Clara and Jean.

a second tour of Europe

——a stay in Heidelberg from May 6 until July 23, 1878 a visit to London

Settled down in Hartford, Connecticut wrote many classic novels most productive years as a novelist The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) The Prince and the Pauper (1881) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) ……

in 1896 daughter Susy died of meningitisin 1904 Olivia's death in 1909,12,24 Jean's death

in 1906 Twain began his autobiography

1910, 4,21 he died.

the failure of his investments

fatiguing travels and lectures to collect fortune

1865 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

卡拉维拉斯县臭名昭著的跳蛙

1869 The Innocents Abroad 傻子出国记

1870 Running for Governor 竞选州长

1872 Roughing It 艰难岁月

1873 The Gilded Age 镀金时代

1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆 · 索亚历险记

1880 A Tramp Abroad 国外漫游

1882 The Prince and the Pauper 王子与贫儿

1883 Life on the Mississippi 密西西比河上的生活

1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克贝利 · 费恩历险记

Mark Twain & the Mississippi River

1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 亚瑟王朝的康涅狄克州的美国佬

1894 The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson 傻瓜威尔逊

1897 Following the Equator 赤道环游记

1900 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 败坏了哈德莱堡的人

1906 What is Man? 什么是人？

1916 The Mysterious Stranger 神秘的陌生人

Writing Characteristics

• humor and satire

• colloquial idioms colloquial syntax

• Localism

• the artistic style of hyperbole & allegories

a mirror of America of his time

William Faulkner ——"the father of  American literature."

the “greatest American humorist of his age”

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.”

同不能读书的人相比，不读好书的人没有一点优势。

“Classic--a book which people praise and don't read.”

thank you~~