Literary Giant Mark Twain .doc

文学巨匠：马克·吐温 Literary Giant: Mark Twain Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………..1 Key words…………………………………………………………………...1 I. Introduction………………………………………………………………2 II. Literature Review…………………………………………………3 III. Mark Twain and American Literary…………………………………8 1. Mark Twain’s Masterpieces and His Writing Style…….…….……………8 2. The Influences of Mark Twain’s Writings11 IV. The Real Connotation of Mark Twain’s Writings…...……………...12 V. Different Views about Mark Twain……………………14 VI. Conclusion………………………………………………………14 References………………………………………….………………..…15 Literary Giant: Mark Twain Abstract: Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humor had great impact on the following men of letters. He usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things that he?knows from firsthand experience. His writing influence many people from younger to the older and from the social lower and high society. In his writing, we can find the freely topic and chitchat, and also the deeply thinking about the course of the human civilization. He is not only commonly but also distinguished. However, humor could no more be found in Twain’s later works. On the contrary, it was replaced by bitter satire. His satire and humorous style of his writing is deeply liked by readers, so he is considered an outstanding humorist and satirist. Critics also attached significant importance to it and put forward various interpretations. But what is the great feat of the Mark Twain? What is his writing style as well his attitude towards life? Focusing on these questions, the paper tries to show Twain’s two elements from social influence and personal encounters respectively. This essay essentially analyzes his important writings, compared him with other writers in same period and described his attitude for Chinese workers and the women. The first point is aiming at showing his great contribute and huge influences in literature. The other point is clarifying the gr