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AMirrorofAmericaLET’SGOMARKTWINOFMISSISSIPPICONTENTSSecondpart.(Hiswriting)1.MarkTwainandtheMississippi.2.MajorWorks.3.WritingFeaturesthirdpart.(Writingstyle)1.LifeandWriting2.aLocalColorist3.UseofVernacular4.HumorFourthpart.(Others)1.HisFamousWords2.AMirrorofAmericaFirstpart.(Hisexeperience)1.Earlylifeexperience2.HisMarriage3.InHisMiddleAges4.HisLaterLife5.HisDeathPARTONEFirstpart.(Hisexeperience)1.Earlylifeexperience2.HisMarriage3.InHisMiddleAges4.HisLaterLife5.HisDeathTwain'srealnamewasSamuelClemens.MarkTwain,whichmeanswatermarktwo,wasacallusedbysailorsontheMississippitowarnshipmatesthattheywerecomingintoshallowwater.TheNameofMarkTwainMarkTwain(1835-1910)MarkTwainwasagreatAmericanwriter,andhewasalsoafamousspeaker.SamuelLanghorneClemens(MarkTwain)wasborninFloridaandhewasnotahealthybaby.Infact,hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.Butwithhismother'stendercare,hemanagedtosurvive.Asaboy,hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.Heusedtoplayjokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbors.Hedidn'tliketogotoschool,andheconstantlyranawayfromhome.EarlylifeexperienceBorninalittletowninMississippiAt11,helosthisfatherAt13,hestoppedschoolingTrampprinterSteamboatpilotontheMississippiConfederateguerrillaProspectorReporteronthefarwesternfrontierTravelerabroadHisMarriageAt34yearsoldhemarriedOliviaLangdonClemens,daughterofaNewYorkcoalmagnate,amemberofthecountry’swealthyelite.Shewouldbepartner,editor,andfellowtravelerinsuccessandfailureforthenextthirty-fiveyears.InHisMiddleAgesBy1900TwainhadbecomeAmerica’sforemostcelebrity.Hewasinvitedtoattendshiplaunchings,anniversarygatherings,politicalconventions,andcountlessdinners.Reportersmethimateveryportofcall,anxioustoprintanewquipfromthefamoushumorist.Toenhancehisimage,hetooktowearingwhitesuitsandlovedtostrolldownthestreetandseepeoplestaringathim.HisLaterLifeTherearemanytragiceventsinhislaterlife:thefailureofhisinvestments,hisfatiguingtravelsandlecturesinordertopayoffhisdebts,andaddedtothis,thedeathofhiswifeandtwodaughterswhichlefthimabsolutelyinconsolable.Somecriticslinkthesetragiceventswiththechangeofstyleinhislaterworks,fromanoptimistandhumoristtoanalmostdespairingdeterminist.HisDeathMarkTwaindiedofillnessonApril21,1910.Whenhepassedaway,newspapersaroundthecountrydeclared,“Thewholeworldismourning.”Bythen,SamClemenshadlongsinceceasedtobeaprivatecitizen.HehadbecomeMarkTwain,aproudpossessionoftheAmericannation.PARTTWOSecondpart.(Hiswriting)1.MarkTwainandtheMississippi.2.MajorWorks.3.WritingFeaturesMarkTwainandtheMississippiMarkTwainlovedthegreatriversomuchthathealwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbyMississippi.ManyofhisgreatworksaresetinthebackgroundoftheMississippiRiver,suchastheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,theAdventuresofTomSawyer,andLifeontheMississippi.SamuelClemens’MajorWorksTheGildedAge《镀金时代》writtenincollaborationwithCharlesDudleyWarnerLifeontheMississippi《密西西比河上》AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourt《亚瑟王朝里的康涅狄格州美国佬》TheManThatCorruptedHardleybug《败坏了哈德莱堡的人》TheMysteriousStranger《神秘的陌生人》AutobiographyTheseworkscontainbitterattacksonthehumanraceTheInnocentsAbroad«傻子国外旅行记»RoughingIt《艰难岁月》Pudd'nheadWilson《傻瓜维尔逊》ThePrinceandthePauper《王子与贫民》AmericanClaimant《美国申请人》MarkTwain’sWritingFeaturesHabitsHeusedalotofcolloquialidiomsandcolloquialsyntax.heusedcolloquiallanguage,vernacularlanguage,dialectsshortconcretedirectineffectwordssimple,evenungrammaticalsentence&structuresMarkTwain’sWritingFeaturesHeoftendescribedpersonswhowasinnocent,simple,naive,andignorantashisheroesorheroines.PARTTHREEthirdpart.(Writingstyle)1.LifeandWriting2.aLocalColorist3.UseofVernacular4.HumorMarkTwain’sLifeandWriting:MarkTwainisagreatliterarygiantofAmerica,whomH.L.Menckenconsidered“thetruefatherofournationalliterature.”WithworkslikeAdventureofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利芬历险记》(1884)andLifeontheMississippi《密西西比河上的生活》(1883)Twainshapedtheworld’sviewofAmericaandmadeamoreextensivecombinationofAmericanfolkhumorandseriousliteraturethanpreviouswritershadeverdone.MarkTwain,PennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens,wasbornonNovember30,1835,inMissouri,andgrewupintherivertownofHannibal.Afterhisfatherdied,hebegantoseekhisownfortune.Heonceworkedasajourneymanprinter,asteamboatpilot,anewspapercolumnistandasalecturer.Twain'swritingtooktheformofhumorousjournalismofthetime,anditenabledhimtomasterthetechniqueofnarration.25%TwainasaLocalColorist50%Twainisalsoknownasalocalcolorist,whopreferredtopresentsociallifethroughportraitsofthelocalcharactersofhisregions,includingpeoplelivinginthatarea,thelandscape,andotherpeculiaritieslikethecustoms,dialects,costumesandsoon.Consequently,therichmaterialofhisboyhoodexperienceontheMississippibecametheendlessresourcesforhisfiction,andtheMississippivalleyandtheWestbecamehismajortheme.UnlikeJamesandHowells,MarkTwainwroteaboutthelower-classpeople,becausetheywerethepeopleheknewsowellandtheirlifewastheonehehimselfhadlived.Moreoverhesuccessfullyusedlocalcolorandhistoricalsettingstoillustrateandshedlightonthecontemporarysociety.Twain’sUseofVernacular76%AnotherfactthatmadeTwainuniqueishismagicpowerwithlanguage,hisuseofvernacular.Hiswordsarecolloqu