从《百万英镑》看马克吐温式的幽默（毕业论文）.doc

PAGE 2 密级： NANCHANG UNIVERSITY 学 士 学 位 论 文 THESIS OF BACHELOR （2007—2011年） 题 目: 从《百万英镑》看马克吐温式的幽默 英文题目: Analysis of Mark Twain’s Humor from A Million Pound 南昌大学共青学院毕业设计（论文） Contents Contents TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u Abstract h I Introduction h II Chapter 1 the Work h 1 1.1 History Background h 1 1.2 About the Author h 2 1.3 Profile h 4 1.4 Theme h 5 Chapter 2 Mark Twain’s Humor h 7 2.1 General Introduction of Mark Twain’s Humor h 7 2.2 Techniques h 8 2.3 Style h 9 Chapter 3 Humor Reflected in His Work h 11 3.1 Humor from Characters h 11 3.1.1 Henry Adam h 11 3.1.2 Clothes Shop Assistants and the Boss h 11 3.2 Humor from Language Art h 12 3.3 Humor from Plots h 14 Chapter 4 Humor’s Usage and Significance h 16 4.1 Humor’s Usage h 16 4.2 Humor’s Significance h 17 Conclusion h 18 References h 19 Acknowledgements h 20 南昌大学共青学院毕业设计（论文） Abstract PAGE PAGE I Abstract Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, remains one of the world’s widely known authors. He is a famous American novelist and satirist. The characters in his novels vary from common people to politicians and principal citizens. In order to meet their selfish ends, they invented stories and slung mud at others. As a writer, humorist and speaker, he was quick-minded and contributed a lot to America’s literature development. His works are humorous, funny and witty, and fully expose American capitalist society’s demerits and discriminations, etc. His works have a deep subject and writing techniques. His humor is the outstanding heritage of American literature field and is loved by a large amount of people over the world. This thesis tries to help readers to get a deeper understanding about the author himself and his works, through analyzing and apprec