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【标题】浅析马克吐温的写作风格 【作者】宋 杨 【关键词】马克?吐温；小说；风格转变；幽默和讽刺 【指导老师】余烈全 王艳蓉 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionMark Twain, the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is the forerunner and reputed realist American literary giant. Because of his remarkable contribution to the nation, literary critics spoke highly of his achievements. For instance,?“the true father of our national literature”?“the Lincoln of American literature”?“Mark Twain—Mirror of America”, are used to highlight his pinnacles in literature.As far as a literary giant is concerned, Mark Twain was remembered firstly as a mastermind of humor, and then as a bitter satire writer, in other words, there is a style shift during his writing experience. His early works, such as Running for Governor, etc. laugh at the ridiculous of American democracy and the essence of democratic heaven, using humorous writing style, and his middle works, such as, The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, etc, use a irony tone to satirize and expose the society that worshipped money, and the dark of reality of racial discrimination which is like a plague prevalent in the United States. By the end of 19th century, as the United States entered the imperialist stage of development, some of Mark Twain’s travelogues, essays, political commentary, such as The Man that Corrupted Hadley Burg and The Mysterious Stranger, were gradually less exposing the critical significance. Instead, the mysterious and pessimistic mood has somewhat elongation.???? And this essay mainly talks about how Mark Twain’s writing style is reflected in his works and the reason for causing the shift of Twain’s writing style.II. Mark Twain’s Major Works?All in Mark Twain’s life, he wrote lots of short stories and novels, there follows a brief introduction of his major works:The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?(1867)?The story is set in a gold-mining camp in Calaveras County, California, and has its origins i