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Mark Twain: A Literary Legend & Social Critic

Explore the life of Mark Twain, a prominent American humorist and novelist. Discover his influential works, satirical effect, social criticism, and lasting impact on literature.

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Mark Twain: A Literary Legend & Social Critic

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  1. Mark Twain (1835-1910)

  2. Life of Mark Twain Born Samuel Longhorn Clemens in Florida, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1835 (when Halley’s Comet was visible in the sky, so was when he died) Doing odd jobs after his father’s death from 12 years age (apprentice to a local printer; traveling reporter to several newspapers) 2 years from 1857, apprentice to a captain on a ship on the Mississippi

  3. Life of Mark Twain Civil War and Twain participating it (2 weeks) Beginning sign articles as “Mark Twain” in 1863 Tragic Years for Mark Twain Bankruptcy after a few investments in 1890s Daughter Susy’s death of meningitis in 1896 Wife’s death in 1904 Daughter Jean’s death in 1909 Exhausted creative source Death in 1910

  4. Mark Twain’s Literary Career Works of Humor (1860s-1870s) A wild humorist in American literature (west humor) Bold design Exaggerated style Colloquial language Literary and biblical allusions Funny narrators Satirical effect and social criticism The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865)

  5. Mark Twain’s Literary Career Social Critical Novels (1870s-1890s) Peak of Mark Twain’s literary creation The falsity of American democracy, falsity of prosperity, weakness of humanity Vanity of upper class Superficiality of individualism Monetary worship

  6. Mark Twain’s Literary Career The Gilded Age (1873) The Man that Corrupted Handleyburg (1900) The Prince and the Pauper (1882). One-Million Pound Note (1893)

  7. Mark Twain’s Literary Career Anti-Imperialist Works (1890s-) U.S.A. government’s aggressive imperialist policies To the Person Sitting in Darkness (1910) Following the Equator (1891)

  8. Mark Twain’s Literary Career Pessimistically Sentimental Works Personal disasters Exhaustion of creative source What is Man (1906) The Mysterious Stranger (1916)

  9. Mark Twain’s Literary Contributions and Features inheritance and development of humorous tradition of literature American literary colloquialism heavy rural atmosphere and nostalgia Various kinds of subject matters sharp insight and rich imagination sense of justice and democracy

  10. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Themes Racism and Slavery; Reconstruction and Jim Crow A Story of Initiation: the Intellectual and Moral Growth of Finn Hypocrisy of “Civilized” Society vs. the Innocence of Nature Search for Freedom Pursuit of Extreme Individualism Desire for a Family

  11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Formal features Huckleberry Finn as narrator and character Huck’s rebellion Huck’s sense of justice Huck’s language of a 14-year child Jim as intelligent, compassionate, patient and passive The Mississippi as a symbol of nature and freedom

  12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Questions What kind of person is Huck? What is Huck’s attitude towards slavery? What does the Mississippi symbolize? What image is that of Jim? Is there any element romantic in the novel?

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