1、Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,by Mark Twain,1,馬克吐溫（Mark Twain），真實姓名是薩繆爾蘭亨克萊門（Samuel Langhorne Clemens）美國著名作家和演說家，美國批判現(xiàn)實主義文學(xué)的奠基人。,2,童年：生活清苦，在印刷所當(dāng)學(xué)徒。 青年：在密西西比河上作領(lǐng)航員，南北戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)后，去西部淘金，后在報社作記者，開始創(chuàng)作生涯。 傻子國外旅行記（1869） 艱苦歲月 （1872）,3,主要作品,湯姆索亞歷險記（1876）是對童年生活的生動描寫 在密西西比河上 （1883）回憶了作者當(dāng)年的航行生涯。 哈克貝利費(fèi)恩歷險記 （1884）反映了南

2、北戰(zhàn)爭以前美國社會生活。 赤道環(huán)游記 （1897）譴責(zé)帝國主義的殖民政策，贊揚(yáng)殖民地人民的反帝斗爭。 自傳 （1942）是馬克吐溫晚年的主要作品，在去世后發(fā)表。,4,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,5,哈克貝利費(fèi)恩歷險記是一部美國著名作家馬克吐溫的兒童文學(xué)作品，也是湯姆歷險記的續(xù)集。哈克貝利費(fèi)恩歷險記也是美國文學(xué)史上相當(dāng)重要的作品之一。 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel byMark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884

3、and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among theGreat American Novels, the work is among the first in majorAmerican literatureto be written throughout invernacular(方言寫成的)English, characterized bylocal color regionalism. It is told in thefirst personbyHuckleberry Huck Finn, a frien

4、d ofTom Sawyerand narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer AbroadandTom Sawyer, Detective). It is a direct sequel toThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer.,6,The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along theMississippi River. Set in aSouthern antebellumsociety that had ceased

5、 to exist about twenty years before the work was published,Adventures of Huckleberry Finnis an often scathingsatireon entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. Perennially popular with readers,Adventures of Huckleberry Finnhas also been the continued object of study by literary critics since its pu

6、blication. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur nigger, despite strong arguments that the protagonist and the tenor of

7、 the book are anti-racist.,7,Main Characters about the story,Huckleberry Finnis a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old. He has been brought up by his father, the town drunk, and has a hard time fitting into society. Tom Sawyer and his friends occasionally call him Huck Finn. Jimis Miss Watsons b

8、ig, mild-mannered slave to whom Huck becomes very close in the novel, when they reunite after Jim flees Miss Watson to seek refuge from slavery, and Huck and Jim become fellow travelers on the Mississippi River.,8,Pap Finn, Hucks father, is the town drunk. He is often angry at Huck and resents him g

9、etting any kind of education. He also returns to Huck whenever he needs more money for alcohol. Miss Watsonis the widows sister, a tough old spinster who also lives with them. She is fairly hard on Huck, causing him to resent her a good deal.Samuel Clemensmay have drawn inspiration for her from seve

10、ral people he knew in his life.,9,ten aspects of Adventures of Huckleberry Finns theme,Friendship Youth Man and Natural World The Supernatural Family Moality and Ethics Religion Foolishness and Folly Lies and Deceit Rules and Order,10,Influence of the story,In relation to the literary climate at the

11、 time of the books publication in 1885, Henry Nash Smith describes the importance of Mark Twains already established reputation as a professional humorist, having already published over a dozen other works. Smith suggests that while the dismantling of the decadent Romanticism of the later nineteenth century was a necessary operation,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn illustrated previously inaccessible resources of imaginative power, but also made ve