论《傲慢与偏见》和《败坏了赫德莱堡的人》的讽刺特征.docVIP

On Satirical Features in Pride and Prejudice and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 1. Introduction Jane Austin is the first important woman novelist in English literature. She was born in Hampshire, England. She received no regular education. But her father, George Austen, who was rector of local parish, taught her much at home. Influenced by her father, she began writing at an early age. From 1811 to 1818, she published six excellent works in succession: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The appearance of these excellent works broke the depressed atmosphere of sentimental literature and paved way for realism. So this woman writer was praised as incomparable Jane Austin by critics. Through years of test, these works were favored by generations of readers and critics, especially her masterpiece Pride and Prejudice. Irony is known as the European literary tradition. With her high artistic consciousness, Austen shows a more mature art of irony. In her novel irony is not only reflected in the tone of satire, sarcastic letters but also in character portrayal, and organization of plots as well as the theme of the works. Irony is Austin’s way of understanding and evaluating life becomes her novels tone and style. In Pride and Prejudice, the use of this artistic style reached a point of consummation Mark Twain is an excellent, humorous and satiric master. His writing career began at the period of the transition from American Romanticism to Realism. From 1867, the publication of his first short novel The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, to1874, and the publication of his long novel The Gilded Age, the tone was optimistic, humorous and jocular and the style of writing was relaxing. After 1980s, his creation came into mature period. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889), The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson (1889), The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg(19