MarkTwain马克吐温英文介绍.pptx

It’s me+=----The true father of American national literature----Mirror of AmericaMark TwainHow to define the Realistic Period inAmerican literary history? The Age of Realism The period ranging from 1865 to l914 has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature, especially American fiction, from the 1850s onwards. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and it paved the way to Modernism.Instead of thinking about the irrational, the imaginative, realists touched upon social and political realities and pressures in the post-Civil War society. Three dominant figures are William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and Henry James.Brief introductionPen name :Mark TwainReal name :Samuel Langhorne Clemens Birthday : November 30, 1835 Date of death : April 21, 1910status: an American author , humorist and oratorAchievement: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn （ the latter often called “The Great American Novel”. ）Rank : “The true father of American national literature.” ”The greatest American humorist of his age”Family backgroundBirthplace : FloridaFamily : a Virginian familySibling : Twain was the sixth of seven children, but only three of his siblings survived childhood Father : a local lawyerMother :a VirginianLife experienceAge: 11----his father died Age: 15----worked as a typesetter and contributor (of articles and humorous sketches for a newspaper his brother owned)Age: 18----worked as a printer in New York City (joined the printers union, and educated himself in public libraries in the evenings, finding wider information than at a conventional school)?Life experience(source of name) Twain used different pen names before deciding on “Mark Twain”. He signed humorous and imaginative sketches as “Josh”. Additionally, he used “Thomas Jeffers