an analysis on the connection between mark twain and his works英语论文大学学位论文.doc

An Analysis on the Connection between Mark Twain and His Works Wang Zhifei A Thesis Submitted to Foreign Language Department Under the Supervision of Associate Professor Hu Yan Taiyuan University of Science and Technology June 2007 Contents Abstracts-------------------------------------------------------------i 摘要----------------------------------------------------------------ii 1. Introduction of the Purpose of this Paper --------------------1 Introduction of the Background------------------------------2 2.1. The Social Background---------------------------------------------2 The Surroundings and Personal Experiences of the Author-4 A Summary-------------------------------------------------5 Analysis of Mark Twain’s Major Works----------------------6 3.1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer--------------------------------------------------------------------------6 3.1.1. On the Characterization------------------------------------------6 3.1.2. On the Creative Use of Dialects---------------------------------8 3.1.3. On the Dialogues between the Figures-------------------------8 3.1.4. On the Details or Psychological Depicts----------------------10 3.2. Some Other Short Novels---------------------------------11 4. Conclusion---------------------------------------------------------12 References-------------------------------------------------13 Abstract This paper holds a perspective that the social background in which Mark Twain lived and Mark Twain’s personal experiences have an enormous influence on his unique expressional method? disclosing serious social problems in satiric mood ? in his great works. In turn, having a proper knowledge about Mark Twain’s relevant information is very helpful to understand his works correctly and deeply. This idea is put forward by taking an analysis of the research on the connections between Mark Twain’s works and the environment he lived in, which built his critic