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1、馬克吐溫馬克吐溫：HewasanAmericanhumistsatiristwriterlecturer.Twainenjoyedimmensepublicpopularity.Hiskeenwitincisivesatireearnedhimpraisefrombothcriticspeers.AmericanauthWilliamFaulknercalledMarkTwain“thefatherofAmericanliteratur

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9、ichwhichgainedgainedhimhimwidewidepopularitypopularitypokedpokedfunfunatatbothbothAmericanAmericanEuropeanEuropeanprejudicesprejudicesmanners.manners.HeHecriticizedcriticizedthethehypocrisyhypocrisycruptioncruptionasaswe

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11、thwithpessimisticpessimisticcynicalcynicaltone.tone.HisHiscontribution:contribution:1.MarkTwainisagreatliteraryartist.HiscontributiontothedevelopmentofrealismtheAmericanliteratureasawholewasthroughhishumhistheiesoflocali

12、sminAmericanfictionhisuseofcolloquialspeech.2.Colloquialstyleaimingatexpressionnotdecationconfmstothenatureofasubject.ThestylehassweptAmericanliteratureitsinfluenceonthetwentiethcenturyAmericanwriterssuchasErnestHemingwa

13、yRobertFrostCarlSburgT.S.Eliotisclearlyvisible.HenryHenryJamesJames:HenryJamesO.M.(April151843)–February281916)wasaU.S.bnBritishauth.Jamesisoneofthekeyfiguresof?1)hisdoctrineoftheOversoul:“Philosophicallyconsideredtheuni

14、verseiscomposedofNaturetheSoul…allothermenmyownbodymustberankedunderthisname:NATURE”.?2)Ideasabouttheinfinitudeofmanhumanperfectibility.?QuotationsfromSelfRelianceSelfReliance?Whosowouldbeamanmustbeanonconfmist.?WhatImus

15、tdoisallthatconcernsmenotwhatthepeoplethink.?Trustthyself:everyheartvibratestothatironstring.?3)NatureassymbolicofGod.?Natureisthevehicleofthoughtthesymbolofspirit?“Theloverofnatureishewhoseinwardoutwardsensesarestilltru

16、lyadjustedtoeachotherwhohasremainedthespiritofinfancyevenintotheeraofmanhood.”(Nature)Emerson’sEmerson’simptanceimptanceininthetheintellectualintellectualhistyhistyofofAmerica:America:?Hiscallfanindependentculturereprese