美国文学 马克吐温 的作品

Chapter 23
长篇: 《傻子国外旅行记》 《镀金时代》
《汤姆· 索亚历险记》 《哈克贝里· 芬历险记》
《王子与贫儿》 《密西西比河上的生活》 《傻瓜威尔逊》 《在亚瑟王朝的康涅狄克州的美国佬》 《冉· 达克》
“Lincoln in the American literature”
• Early capitalism to imperialism （America）
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens • 1835－1910
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Major Works
短篇: 《拓殖者大吃一惊的花花公子》 《百万英磅》 《竞选州长》 《哥尔斯密的朋友再度出洋》 《卡拉维拉斯郡著名的跳蛙 《康涅狄克焦最近的狂欢节上的罪行纪实》 中篇: 《败坏赫德莱堡的人》 《艰难历程》 游记： 《国外旅游记》 《赤道游记》 剧本:《阿星》 回忆录:《格兰特回忆录》
Tom Sawyer
• The novel’s main character Tom is a mischievous boy with a great imagination who spends most of the time getting him in trouble. Tom has a kind heart and respects other people’s feelings. He becomes more and more mature as the story progress
Tom Sawyer
&Tom’s classmates)
Joe Harper (Tom’s “bosom
friend” and playmate)
Injun Joe (A violent Mary man who commits (Tom’s murder ) cousin)
Sid (Tom’s half-brother )
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Summary
• Being generally regarded as a boy’s story, the book is all about Tom and his gang. While spending a summer with Aunt Polly in a drowsy Mississippi River town, Tom and his buddies Huck and Joe take a series of adventure there. They witness a horrible murder committed by Injun Joe. Finally Tom returns to school and become a hero at the trial of Muff Potter when he reveals Injun Joe’s guilt. When Injun dies, his treasure is divided between Tom and Huck, who is adopted by Widow Douglas.
Character relation
Aunt Polly （Tom’s Aunt)
Dr. Robinson (The respected local physician ) Muff Potter (A hapless drunk and friend of Injun Joe)
Huckleberry Finn (Tom’s friend) Becky Thatcher (Judge Thatcher’s
Aunt Polly
• Polly is Tom’s aunt and guardian. Aunt Polly is a nice lady but she can be mean and strict at times. Overall, Aunt Polly just want to be loved by the most important people Sid and Tom in her life at the moment.
Tom has rest on the grass and he possesses many toys now. While many kids are helping him to whitewash the fence.
The whitewashing scene is famous for a several reasons: 1) First of all, the scene demonstrates an interesting observation: "that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.“ 2) The scene is also memorable because this classic manipulation is exactly the sort of thing that a rascal(淘 气鬼) like Tom would do. 3) The interaction between him and the other boys paints a vivid picture of Tom's character: intelligent; just like a leader
Tom is punished to whitewash Aunt Polly's fence.

Tom pretends that he is doing an interesting job to attract other kids.
When others become interested , he pretends to refuse one of his friend’s request of having a try until he gets something from the kid who wants to do that.
Another boy requests to do t h i s a n d To m a s k s f o r something as reward.
More and more kids want to whitewash the fence and they give Tom kinds of toys as exchange
Important scenes
Chapter 2
Tom is punished to whitewash Aunt Polly's fence on Saturday morning when every child can go out and play. Tom attempts to persuade Jim, a colored boy, to whitewash some instead of doing it himself. He promises to show Jim his sore toe. “Jim was only human--this attraction was too much for him.” Driven by curiosity, “he put down his bucket, took the candy, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound”. Jim is sure to whitewash the fence if Aunt Polly does not return home from the field. Tom fails. Yet at this moment, “a great, magnificent inspiration bursts upon him.” He manages to make his hard work very novel that may arouse the curiosity of the children who pass by the fence. He even exclaims: “Like it? Well, I don’t see why I oughtn’t to like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” Besides, he pretends to refuse one of his friend’s request of having a try. Thus the hard work appears so fascinating that it attracts all children in the village. All of them try to be the first to enjoy the privilege of whitewashing. 201105140717 牟进桦
• humorous to bitter satire to pessimistic (writing) • The founder of the American critical realism literature(美国批判现实主义文学)
The Works • From the content: 1.criticizing the unreasonable phenomenon 2.showing the strong justice and the solicitude(同情) to the poor people. • From the writting style: humorous and satire
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer The Adventure of Huckberry Finn
the main plots the main characters the important scenes the writeing style and features
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
Summary
• Twain has made Tom the hero of American boyhood, and the book had become the classic read in school’s. By telling this story, Twain fulfils his and other adult’s dreams of ideal boyhood. All the cruelties and fears, wonders and joys of childhood are brought into vividness
Huckleberry Finn
• Huck is Tom’s best friend and fellow adventurer. Abandoned by his drunken father, he lives on his own and by his own rules. Huck is very laidback and independent. Most adults disapprove of him for his freedom.