4 In 1864 Twain left for California and worked in San Francisco as a reporter he visited hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in france and italy His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which gained him wide popularity, and poked fun at both American and European prejudices and manners a The success as a writer gave Twain enough financial security to marry Olivia Langdon in 1870 They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United states and England. between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer(1881)and The Prince And The Pauper(1881). Life On The Mississippi appeared in 1883 and Huckleberry Finn in 1884 美国文学
美国文学 In 1864 Twain left for California, and worked in San Francisco as a reporter. He visited Hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union, publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in France and Italy. His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which gained him wide popularity, and poked fun at both American and European prejudices and manners. The success as a writer gave Twain enough financial security to marry Olivia Langdon in 1870. They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United States and England. Between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer (1881) and The Prince And The Pauper (1881). Life On The Mississippi appeared in 1883 and Huckleberry Finn in 1884
In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour, during which one of his daughters died. Twain toured New Zealand Australia, India, and South africa. He wrote such books as The Tragedy of Pudd head Wilson(1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc(1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889 )and the travel book Following The equator(1897). During his long writing career, Twain also produced a considerable number of essays 美国文学
美国文学 In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour, during which one of his daughters died. Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote such books as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897). During his long writing career, Twain also produced a considerable number of essays
a The death of his wife and his second daughter darkened the author's later years, which is seen in his posthumously published autobiography(1924). Twain died on Apri121,1910 美国文学
美国文学 The death of his wife and his second daughter darkened the author's later years, which is seen in his posthumously published autobiography (1924). Twain died on April 21, 1910
Style t Broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire, realism of place and language memorable characters, hatred of hypocrisy and oppression t Simple and plain diction, precise, direct 44 His earlier works are light, humorous optimIStIC a His later works become darker and more obscure, showing his discontent and disappointment toward the social reality. His last works shows his acute pessimism despair, skepticism determinism 美国文学
美国文学 Style Broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire, realism of place and language, memorable characters, hatred of hypocrisy and oppression. Simple and plain diction, precise, direct. His earlier works are light, humorous, optimistic. His later works become darker and more obscure, showing his discontent and disappointment toward the social reality. His last works shows his acute pessimism, despair, skepticism determinism
Artistic Features First, he possessed utter clarity of style. He evolved a style so clear and economical that other contemporary styles seemed slightly archaic, rusty, and redundant 4 Second he had a supreme command of vernacular American English. Before him there had been only American dialect:after im there was an American language American dialect had been used very well by some other writers but in their hands it was surrounded and conditioned by a literary language that wittingly or unwittingly patronized it. Mark Twain removed the surrounding frame 美国文学
美国文学 Artistic Features First, he possessed utter clarity of style. He evolved a style so clear and economical that other contemporary styles seemed slightly archaic, rusty, and redundant. Second, he had a supreme command of vernacular American English. Before him there had been only American dialect; after him there was an American language. American dialect had been used very well by some other writers, but in their hands it was surrounded and conditioned by a “literary” language that wittingly or unwittingly patronized it. Mark Twain removed the surrounding frame