Mark Twain 终极课件PPT

MarkTwain(1835-1910)◆MarkTwainwasagreatAmericanwriter,andhewasalsoafamousspeaker.Earlylifeexperience◆BorninalittletowninMississippi◆At11,helosthisfather◆At13,hestoppedschooling◆Trampprinter◆SteamboatpilotontheMississippi◆Confederateguerrilla◆Prospector◆Reporteronthefarwesternfrontier◆TravelerabroadHisMarriageAt34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens,daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofthecountry’swealthyelite.Shewouldbepartner,editor,andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailureforthenextthirty-fiveyears.OliviaLangdon(Livy)onOctober29,1869.ThehomeinHartford,Connecticut,whichthefamilylivedinfrom1871until1891.Afamilypictureof(lefttoright):Clara,Sam,Jean,Livy,andSusyin1884.(Lefttoright):Susy,Jean,Livy,andClarain1883.TwainplayingcharadeswithhisdaughterSusyin1890.TwainClaraattracttheattentionofbystandersonaManhattanstreetMarkandOliviatogetheratQuarryFarmin1903AletterwrittenbyTwaintofriendsafterthelossofhiswifeMarkTwainpseudonymofSamuelLanghorneClemensgrewupontheMississippiRiverat12,fatherdied,leftschoolaprinter'sapprentice,aprinter,asilverminer,asteamboatpilotandafrontierjournalistgavehimawideknowledgeofhumanity十二英尺水深tragiceventsinlaterlifehisinvestmentsfailed,hadtogivelecturestopayoffhisdebts,hiswifeandtwodaughtersdiedworks◆“TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty”◆“卡拉韦拉斯县驰名的跳蛙”afrontiertaleTheAdventuresofTomSawyer«汤姆索耶历险记»“thetwoadvantages”TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn«哈克贝里费恩历险记»allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.HebecamenationallyfamousMarkTwain’sMasterpiecesMarkTwain’sWritingFeatureslocalcolourrepresentedsociallifethroughportraitsoflocalplaceswhichheknewbestdrewfromhisownrichfundofknowledgeofpeopleandplacestalltales(highlyexaggerated)atextureofmostlocalcolorliterature，akinkofhumorMarkTwain’sWritingFeatureshumourisofwittyremarksmockingatsmallthingsandmakingpeoplelaughisakindofartisticstyleusedtocriticizethesocialinjusticeHisFamousWords“Wisdomteachesusthatnonebutbirdsshouldgooutearly,andthatnotevenbirdsshoulddoitunlesstheyareoutofworms.”“Thebestwaytocheeryourselfupistotrytocheersomebodyelseup.”“Againsttheassaultoflaughter,nothingcanstand.”“Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing.”“Classic--abookwhichpeoplepraiseanddon'tread.”“Themanwhodoesnotreadgoodbookshasnoadvantageoverthemanwhocan'treadthem.”“Everyoneisamoon,andhasadarksidewhichhenevershowstoanybody.”PicturefromDaveThomsoncollection:“Thedogisagentleman;Ihopetogotohisheaven,notman's.”PicturefromDaveThomsoncollection:◆MarkTwainisnotonlyaexpertwhogoodattellingjokes,butal-soexpertinwritingthesocietyandthepeople.ABriefAssessmentMarkTwainisapartofAmerica.HispersonalsuccessandfailurewerethoseofAmerica.Hemoved,alongwithAmerica,frominnocencetoexperience.Hewasfamousforhisdescriptionofcommonpeopleandthewaytheytalked,butespeciallyforhishumor.YaleandOxfordhonoredhimforhiswriting.