MarkTwain英文简介生平介绍作品简介[1].pptx

Mark Twain (1835-1910);The Name of Mark Twain;Mark Twain (1835 -1910);Early life experience;His Marriage;In His Middle Ages;His Later Life;His Death;Mark Twain and the Mississippi ;Samuel Clemens’ Major Works;; Mark Twain’s Writing Features;2. Literature is an art of language. Mark Twain’s language is artistic and like a sharp weapon without doubt. Mark Twain is famous for his humor and satire. He used the artistic style of hyperbole（夸张法 ）on the basis of the western traditional humor and made his writing full of allegories that lay behind the humor. ;3. He used a lot of colloquial idioms and colloquial syntax. ;4. He often described persons who was innocent, simple, naive, and ignorant as his heroes or heroines. ;Mark Twain’s Life and Writing:;Twain as a Local Colorist;Twain’s Use of Vernacular;His Humor;Mark Twain’s Masterpieces;His Famous Words;“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ;“Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.” It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. ;“Classic--a book which people praise and dont read.” ;“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” ;“The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. ;“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not mans.” ;“Of all Gods creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” ;“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.” “Id rather have ten snakes in the house than one fly.” ;Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ;A Mirror of America;A Brief Assessment;美国文学界的林肯。 一位伟大的作家，一位优秀的演说家。 代表美国文学的世界一流作家。 他是怀有赤子之心的勇士，亦是