The-adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn

TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinnByMarkTwainMarkTwain,thepseudonymofSamuelLanghorneClemenswasbornintheone-horsevillageofFlorida,Missouri,in1835.HerosetobecomeafamousAmericanrealisticwriter,lecturerandnovelist.HeisanoutstandingrepresentativeofAmericanrealisticliteratureinthelatenineteenthCentury.MarkTwainSamuelLanghorneClemens（原名萨缪尔·兰亨·克莱门)(1835.11.30－1910.4.21）Withthepublicationofhisfrontiertale,“TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCountry”(《卡拉维拉县的著名跳蛙》),hebecamenationallyfamous.In1866,hemarriedOliviaLangdon.In1871,heestablishedhimselfasasuccessfulwriter.In1904,hiswifedied，andhisdaughterdiedin1909.MarkTwaindiedatRedding,Connecticut（美国康乃迪克州）,onApril21,1910,attheageof75.MajorWorksRoughingIt《艰难岁月》(1872)TheGildedAge《镀金年代》(1873)writtenincollaborationwithCharlesDudleyWarnerTheAdventuresofTomSawyer《汤姆索亚历险记》(1876)LifeontheMississippi《密西西比河上的生活》(1883)TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利.费恩历险记》(1884)AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourt(1889)《亚瑟王朝的康涅狄克州的美国佬》Pudd’nheadWilson(1894)《傻瓜威尔逊》TheManThatCorruptedHaddleyburry（1900）《败坏了赫德莱堡的人》ATrampAbroad1880《浪迹海外》InnocentsAbroad1832《傻子出国记》ThePrinceandPauper1833《王子与平民》FollowingtheEquator1897《赤道旅行记》ExtractsfromAdam‘sDiary1904《亚当日记选》WhatIsMan？1906《人是什么？》The$30,000Bequest1906《三万元遗产》TheMysteriousofStranger1916《神秘的陌生人》ADog’sTaleAHelplessSituation￡1,000,000Bank-noteTheStolenWhiteElephant《丢失的白象》WritingCharacteristicsofMarkTwainLiteratureisanartoflanguage.MarkTwain’slanguageisartisticandlikeasharpweaponwithoutdoubt.MarkTwainisfamousforhishumorandsatire.MarkTwain’shumorisbasedonthehumoroftheWesterninAmerica.Heusedalotofcolloquialidiomsandcolloquialsyntax.Heoftendescribedpersonswhowasinnocent,simple,naive,andignorantashisheroesorheroines.Heusedtheartisticstyleofhyperboleonthebasisofthewesterntraditionalhumorandmadehiswritingfullofallegoriesthatlaybehindthehumor.MarkTwain’sLiteraryInfluenceMarkTwainhasenteredpermanentlyintoAmericanpopularculture.Almosteveryoneisfamiliarwiththeimageoftheman—theunrulymanofwhitehairwithmatchingmoustacheandeyebrows,thewhitesuit,theever-presentcigar.Andmostpeoplequotehissayings,includingmanywhodon’tknowit’sMarkTwain.They’requoting:“Manistheonlyanimalthatblushes.Orneedsto”;“ToceasesmokingistheeasiestthingIeverdid;IoughttoknowbecauseI’vedoneitathousandtimes”;and,ofcourse,“Thereportsofmydeatharegreatlyexaggerated.”MarkTwainisheldinextremelyhighesteembyotherwriters.Oneoftheearliesttributes—andstillperhapsthebest-known—appearsinErnestHemingway’sGreenHillsofAfrica(1935):“AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn.It’sthebestbookwe’vehad.AllAmericanwritingcomesfromthat.Therewasnothingbefore.Therehasbeennothingasgoodsince.”HisFamousWords“Wisdomteachesusthatnonebutbirdsshouldgooutearly,andthatnotevenbirdsshoulddoitunlesstheyareoutofworms.”“Everyoneisamoon,andhasadarksidewhichhenevershowstoanybody.”“Thebestwaytocheeryourselfupistotrytocheersomebodyelseup.”“Againsttheassaultoflaughter,nothingcanstand.”“Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing.”“Themanwhodoesnotreadgoodbookshasnoadvantageoverthemanwhocan'treadthem.”“Classic--abookwhichPeoplepraiseanddon'tread.”“Iwassorrytohavemynamementionedasoneofthegreatauthors,becausetheyhaveasadhabitofdyingoff.Chaucerisdead,Spencerisdead,soisMilton,soisShakespeare,andI’mnotfeelingsowellmyself.—MarkTwainTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnByMarkTwainTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinniscommonlyaccountedasoneofthefirstGreatAmericanNovels.ItwasalsooneofthefirstmajorAmericannovelseverwrittenusingLocalColorRealismorthevernacular（白话）,orcommonspeech,beingtoldinthefirstperson.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnwaspublishedin1884.ItpresentsavividpictureofAmericansocietyinthe19thcentury.形象生动地反映了美国十九世纪的社会现实ThemainclueofthisnovelwasawhiteboyHuckwhohelpedarunawayslaveJimgainsfreedom.Thewriternarratedthestoryinfirstperson,whichenablesreaderstoappreciatethesignificanceofthenoveldirectlyanddeeply.这篇小说的主要线索就是白人男孩哈克帮助黑人选奴吉姆获得自由的历险经历.作者运用第一人称的口吻使得读者能够更加直接和深刻地领会小说的意义.ThetwoheroesHuckandJimstandfortwodifferentclasses.Inthewindingandadventurousjourney,HuckandJimhavebuiltupaneverlastingfriendshipthathasbrokendownthebarrierbetweenthewhiteandblack.小说的主人公哈克和吉姆尽管属于不同的社会阶层.但是经过曲折波荡的历险经历,使两个人建立起永恒的友谊打破了黑人与白人的种族束缚.Thewriter'swordingisfullofhumor,sarcasmandcontempt.Thiswritingtraitsandrhetoricaltacticscontributetoreflectingthestrongdesireofthepublictoabolishthebondageofslaveryandpursueindependenceandfreedom.作者的创作语言富于幽默.讽刺和嘲讽.这一写作特点和创作风格使本作品更深刻地揭露了奴隶制的黑暗.反映了当时的人民大众要求废除种族压迫以及追求自由和平等的强烈愿望.WritingStyleThebookisnotedforitsinnocentyoungprotagonist(主角,主要人物),itscolorfuldescriptionofpeopleandplacesalongtheMississippiRiver,anditssober(朴素的,朴实的)andoftenscathinglookatentrenched(十分顽固的)attitudes,particularlyracism,ofthetime.ThedriftingjourneyofHuckleberryFinnandhisfriendNiggerJim,arunawayslave,downtheMississippiRiverontheirraftmaybeoneofthemostenduringimagesofescapeandfreedominallofAmericanliterature.CharacteranalysisHuckisacentralfigureinthenovel.Heisalsooneofthemostfamouschildren'simagewhoisfullofsenseofjusticeandrebelliousinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.哈克是小说的中心人物，也