OnheHumorofMarkTwain论马克·吐温的幽默观_-开题报告

Mark Twain in the history of American literature occupies a very unique and important position,Multi-sided sexual ambiguity and personality of his work has attracted generations of researchers.

Domestic research status

Before the liberation of the 1930s until 1949,Mark Twain's mainstream literature which only a small portion of people's attention began to enter China.1931, Mark Twain’s "Eve Diary" by Li Lan translation,Shanghai Bookstore Publishing Lake Wind.It is noteworthy that,Lu Xun "Tang Fengyu" This translation made the pseudonym Foreword.In many people's opinion ,Seems to have started as a literary revolution commanding general of American literature such as Lu Xun "devil book" showed a favorable impression.In fact, read his text,It is not difficult to see his American Literary Realism prejudice.

People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 to the beginning of reform and opening up. Thirty years of Chinese history is acceptable Mark Twain's most dramatic stage of the process.This stage of the Mark Twain’s Many works have been translated,Including the "upper Mississippi River will lose" in 1950 to interpret Bi shutang;1952 Liu Zhenxun translated "fool trip";1955 pieces Xun translated “Tom Sawyer,Detective”.

Beginning of the 21st Century,Our study of Mark Twain exhibit is a major feature is a breakthrough single literary study.Forming system such as a sociological criticism criticism anthropology, cultural studies, and other gestures.Thereby Mark Twain’s Study in China to a higher level.

（二）Foreign research status

Representative character, the famous scholar William·Lyon,1907 in the "North American Review" published article.highly of Mark Twain and the people and their works.He believes that Mark Twain was a writer·truly American trait.He is a conscientious artist.His humor is a typical American-style humor.With asymmetry, hyperbole, anti-traditional features, such humor is not Washington • Irving humor, Twain's humor does not pay attention to the subtle and refined, but fairly straightforward, it is very intimate, sometimes he expressed outrage Writers.

In 1912, due to get Twain daughter Clara Payne franchise, became Twain's literary heritage executor.He launched a three-volume masterpiece, "Mark Twain’s biography " strive to render spit Wenwen Ya side, it can be said to be reshaped Twain's public image;In 1916 he and Vladimir·Deng Naka Twain published jointly compiled posthumous "mysterious stranger" a book.Twain’s spicy works against religion became the children's Christmas books.

Since the 1930s, research and commentary Twain's passion still enduring, at this stage, the leader of a large number of literary author or speech, to be sure Mark Twain's achievement, and because of the emergence of new academic school and a large number of the emergence of new academic theory, and their descendants in the study Mark Twain is becoming specialized, research increasingly diverse range of increasingly widespread, the emergence of a large number of academic articles. More than two centuries, the United States, researchers have for many aspects of humor, paranoia, pessimism and other topics Mark Twain’s works, style, characters, language and their personality were excavated, its people and its literary achievements understanding also progress with the times and constantly improve the level. Can be expected, along with linguistics, psychology, sociology, anthropology and other subjects showed a convergence trend, future research will also be presented Twain more exciting look.

Berret,Anthony J，<Mark Twain and Shakespeare>，the book points out:Mark Twain aptly pointed out that Shakespeare wrote the script with no one enemy of wisdom, erudition and imagination, open-minded, elegant and stately literary language. But also that there is no previous can be compared with Shakespeare, his contemporaries can not be compared with their, so far no one can be compared with him. Visible, Mark Twain • For true Shakespeare always have respect and even admiration, both in their youth or old age, despite the suspicion of their identity discourse is also disrespectful to Shakespeare. • Mark Twain for Shakespeare hypertext of pastiche and parody, profoundly reflects the social status of the United States, suggesting a variety of darkness and evils of society, and for this to be a bitter irony; but also to this kinds of special way of expressing his personal worship for Shakespeare and admiration.

(三) Summary

Generally speaking，people regard Mark Twain as a great landmark in American literature, for he is good at expression his emotions romantically as well as satirizing the essence of society with the skilled use of the special weapon--- humor. In style, Mark Twain widely absorbs American colloquial language and makes it a watershed in the history of American literature. Technically, he uses flexibly various figures of speech--irony, exaggeration, contrast, anti-climax and repetition , etc, to create vivid American humor.

二、Papers outline

1.Introduction

This article lists research background and research object

2. Aoubt Mark Twain and his novels

2.1 The Profile of Mark Twain

2.2 The Profile of Mark Twain’s novels 

3.Humor Reflected in Mark Twain’s novels

3.1The Profile of Humor 

3.2The Use of Mark Tawin’s Humor

3.2.1 The Use of the First Person

3.2.2 Absurd and Do Not Deviate from the Topic

3.3The Features of Mark Twain’s humor

3.3.1 Mark Twain’s humor exposes the American social phenomena

3.3.2 Mark Twain’s humor has a serious and extensive social significance

3.4 Mark Twain’s American Humor

4.Conclusion

    Herein do a simple statement of conclusions, noting the contribution of Mark Twain on American Literature humor.

三、reference

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