美国文学-塔姆索亚历险记论文.docx

Abstract The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a literary masterpiece, written in 1876 by the famous author Mark Twain. Mark Twain uses his humorous writing style to show us a living story of Tom Sawyer and his friends. The story happened during the 19th century ，Tom Sawyer is a mischievous young boy who lives in the small town on the Mississippi River called St.Petersburg with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother. In the novel, Mark Twain writes something about bourgeoisie’s vulgarity, conservatism and greed, taboos on bourgeois children’s education, and religion. And he also describes Tom and his friends’ pursuit of adventurous, romantic and happy life to express the beautiful hope to life and dream. Key word：Mark Twain ，Tom Sawyer，childhood 摘要 《汤姆·索亚历险记》是著名作家马克吐温于1876年完成的一部文学杰作。马克吐温使用他幽默的写作风格向我们展示一个生动形象关于汤姆索亚和他的朋友们的故事。故事发生在19世纪，汤姆索亚是一个。他和他的姑姑还有他同父异母的兄弟生活在密西西比河附近的一个叫做圣彼得堡小镇上。在小说中,马克·吐温写一些关于资产阶级的粗俗主义、保守主义和贪婪、禁忌对中产阶级子女的教育,和宗教。他还描述了汤姆和他的朋友们在追求冒险、浪漫和幸福的生活来表达美丽的希望和梦想的生活。 关键词:马克吐温 汤姆索亚 童年 I．Introduction The theme of the book is childhood which is the best time for me, and maybe the best time for most people. That’s the reason why Tom Sawyer has become one of the most impressive images in world literature which enjoys lots of reputation and popularity. It also should be one of the most memorable time for Mark Twain himself, and we can dig out his values for kids and his past childhood. II. Introduction of the author: Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Clemens. He was one of the greatest American writers. He captured a peculiarly American humor. He represented a new American voice. Mark was born in Florida, Mississippi, in 1835, and grew up in nearby Hannibal, a small Mississippi River town. Mark Twain passed away on April 21, 1910, but has influence today. His childhood home is open to the public as a museum in Hannibal. Throughout his career, Mark Twain published more than 30 HYPERLINK /theman/major_works.shtml books, hundreds of short