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1、-The true father of American national literature -Mirror of America,Mark Twain,Its me,+,=,The Age of Realism,How to define the Realistic Period in American literary history?,The period ranging from 1865 to l914 has been referred to as the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States,
2、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.,Inste
3、ad 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.,Pen name :Mark Twain Real name :Samuel Langhorne Clemens Birthday : No
4、vember 30, 1835 Date of death : April 21, 1910 status: an American author , humorist and orator Achievement: 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.” ”
5、The greatest American humorist of his age”,Brief introduction,Family background,Birthplace : Florida Family : a Virginian family Sibling : Twain was the sixth of seven children, but only three of his siblings survived childhood Father : a local lawyer Mother :a Virginian,Age: 11-his father died Age:
6、 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)
7、,Life experience,Twain used different pen names before deciding on “Mark Twain”. He signed humorous and imaginative sketches as “Josh”. Additionally, he used “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass” for a series of humorous letters. His pen name Mark Twain came from his years working on Mississippi riverboats.
8、Twain is an archaic term for “two”. Mark Twain means that “The water is 12 feet deep and it is safe to pass”.,Life experience(source of name),Mark Twain was once the pen name of one captain Isaiah Sellers, who used to write river news for News Orleans Picayune. One day young Samuel wrote a rude and
9、crude satire which was leveled at Captain Isaiah Sellers. And in his satire he made rude game of his reminiscences. This satire was published in the New Orleans True Delta. And Isaiah Sellers was deeply wounded. He never published another paragraph and never used his pen name since then. He died in1
10、869, and Samuel was very regretted. So he used the pen name “Mark Twain” to write.,Life experience(source of name),1861:Twain enlisted briefly in a Confederate local unit. 1863:worked at a Virginia city and firstly used his pen name 1864:moved to San Francisco ,worked as a journalist 1865:first succ
11、ess as a writer for his work “ The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County“ 1867-1869:a trip to the Mediterranean. During his tour of Europe and the Middle East, he wrote a popular collection of travel letters, which were later compiled as The Innocents Abroad (1869).,呱!,Throughout 1868, Twain a
12、nd Olivia Langdon corresponded. Though she rejected his first marriage proposal, two months later, they were engaged. She came from a “wealthy but liberal family“, and through her, he met abolitionists, “socialists, principled atheists and activists for womens rights and social equality“, including
13、Harriet Beecher Stowe (his next-door neighbor in Hartford), Frederick Douglass, and the writer and utopian socialist William Dean Howells, who became a long-time friend. They had three daughters . While they were living in Buffalo, their son Langdon died of diphtheria at age 19 months. The couples m
14、arriage lasted 34 years, until Olivias death in 1904.,Life experience(marriage),Throughout 1868, Twain and Olivia Langdon corresponded. Though she rejected his first marriage proposal, two months later, they were engaged. She came from a “wealthy but liberal family“, and through her, he met abolitio
15、nists, “socialists, principled atheists and activists for womens rights and social equality“, including Harriet Beecher Stowe (his next-door neighbor in Hartford), Frederick Douglass, and the writer and utopian socialist William Dean Howells, who became a long-time friend. They had three daughters .
16、 While they were living in Buffalo, their son Langdon died of diphtheria at age 19 months. The couples marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivias death in 1904.,Throughout 1868, Twain and Olivia Langdon corresponded. Though she rejected his first marriage proposal, two months later, they were engaged. She came from a “wealthy but liberal family“, and through her, he met abolitionists, “socialists, principled atheists and activists for womens rights and social equality“, i
