马克吐温英文介绍

1、Mark Twain(1835-1910)His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.an American author and humorista journalist who satirized the hypocrisy of man and societyLife experienceThe tragic events of his later lifeHis worksWriting CharacteristicsHis contribution & influenceHis saying Born in Florida, Missouri

2、, on November 30, 1835. When he was four, Twains family moved to Hannibal. In 1847 the death of his father brought an end to his carefree days, and he had to go to work at the age of 12 as a printers apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketc

3、hes for a newspaper owned by his brother.Life experienceFrom 1857 to 1861,Twain worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. This occupation gave him his pen name, Mark Twain.On Mississippi riverboats, two fathoms, a depth indicating safe water for passage of boat, was measured on the sound

4、ing line.“Mark twain” was a call used by sailors. In 1863,he worked at a Virginia City newspaper. Here he first used his pen name.In 1864,Twain moved to San Francisco, still as a journalist.His first success as a writer came when his humorous tall tale, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Count

5、y, was published in 1865. It brought him national attention. On February 2, 1870, Twain married Olivia Langdon, the only daughter of a wealthy New York businessman.By 1900 Twain had become Americas foremost celebrity. He was invited to attend anniversary gatherings, political conventions, and countl

6、ess dinners. Reporters met him at every port of call, anxious to print a new quip from the famous humorist. Mark Twain died of illness on April 21, 1910. When he passed away, newspapers around the country declared, “The whole world is mourning.”the tragic events of his later life:the failure of his

7、investments, his fatiguing travels and lectures in order topay off his debts, the death of his wife and two daughtersthe darkening social life Some critics link these tragic events with the change of style in his later works, from an optimist and humorist to an almost despairing determinist. During

8、his seventeen years in Hartford (18741891) and over twenty summers at Quarry Farm, Twain wrote many of his classic novels：The Prince and the Pauper (1881) 王子与贫儿Life on the Mississippi (1883) 密西西比河上的生活 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889) 误闯亚瑟王宫His worksTwains greatest fame and his impor

9、tance in American literature rest largely on his two best known novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆索亚历险记 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克费恩历险记 Other worksRunning for Governor竞选州长The 1,000,000 Bank-Note百万英镑The Gilded Age镀金时代The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ( his first story) 卡

10、拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙The innocent abroad傻子出国记The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 败坏了哈德莱堡的人Roughing It苦行记The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 汤姆索亚历险记The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克贝利费恩历险记马克吐温四大名著Writing Characteristics of Mark TwainEarly stage: Active & humorMid-term: Satire（讽刺）Later period-Pessimistic & desperateH

11、e used a lot of colloquial idioms（俚语） and colloquial syntax（口语）and made his writing full of allegories（寓言） that lay behind the humor.like a sharp weaponHe made colloquial speech an accepted, respectable literary medium in the literary history of the country. Its influence is clearly visible in Ameri

12、can literature.His contribution & influenceMark Twain was a social critic as well. He loved freedom and justice, felt a pride in human dignity and advocated brotherhood of man. He hated despised meanness and cruelty. His writings touch upon almost every issue of his time such as politics, religion, slavery, and the persecution of the Chinese and the Jews.MARK TWAINS SAYING1.Dont give up your imagination. When the imagination had no after, you can also exist, but although you living dead still. 不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。 2.Those persons who have a good book but dont read are un