[教育学]美国文学课件W-7 Realism 2.pptVIP

The Literature of Realism 2 : The civil war and the “Gilded Age The Gilded Age Writer and humorist, Mark Twain, wrote the novel The Gilded Age ridiculing Washington D.C. and many of the leading figures of the day Two Greatest Realists Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens Life experience Major works Style of local color Appreciation 1870 married Olivia langdon “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not mans.” His religion was humanity. The humorist: Mark Twain did not write a story ;he told it. His mastery of American speech was unrivaled.His greatest works was set on the long river---Mississippi. Samuel Clemens—printer—pilot on the Mississippi—miner—journalist—lecturer—gold rush—travel books—novelist—financial speculation—bankruptcy in 1894—lecture tours Mark Twain—two fathoms Major Works 1865 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 1869 The Innocents Abroad 1873 The Gilded Age 1876 The Adventure of Tom Sawyer 1883 Life on the Mississippi 1884 The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn(his masterpiece) 1882 The Prince and the Pauper 1894 Pudd’nhead Wilson 1900 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (the best of his powerful pessimistic tales) Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A) Tom Sawyer: a plain American boy Sid: Tom’s younger brother Aunt Polly: lives in St.Petrsbury, a remote town on the banks of the Mississippi. Huck Finn: Tom’s bosom friend Becky Thatcher: a daughter of the Judge girl-friend Indian Joe: a real criminal Tom Sawyer The hero of the novel,he is a clever, imaginative young boy of indeterminate age who is neither good nor bad. He delights in getting into trouble sometimes, especially when he can fool his aunt or his school teacher . Tom reads a lot and then somewhat bookish in his approach to games in adventures that of an 8; sometimes those of a 13; this is why Twain does not tell us exactly how old Tom i