从《傻瓜威尔逊》看马克·吐温的语言风格_英语论文

On the Language Style of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson

摘要

马克吐温是19世纪美国批判现实主义文学的杰出代表。他在美国西部幽默文学传统的基础上,形成了自己独特的艺术风格,对美国和世界文学做出了重要贡献。马克·吐温的一系列作品都是以密西西比河流域文化为背景,《傻瓜威尔逊》便是其中之一。罗克西在书中的形象、文化意识和作者的写作技巧引起了西方评论家的广泛关注。作者常用反讽的写作手法描写人物，用密西西比州的本地方言凸显强烈的地方文化色彩。讽刺的写作手法突出当时的文化矛盾和社会问题。马克·吐温在自己的作品中常用讽刺，反讽和方言的写作技巧来丰满人物，勾勒场景，批判社会问题。让读者常常在他的幽默之下进行深刻反思。马克·吐温在美国文学和世界文学历史上建立了永久的纪念碑。

关键词：傻瓜威尔逊 当地语 反讽 讽刺

Abstract

Mark Twain is an outstanding representative of American critical realism literature in the late 19th century. He, who had absorbed the essence of the western United States literature humor, formed his own unique artistic style, enriching the American ethnic literature and making a great contribution to the world. Mark Twain wrote a series of novel based on the Mississippi-valley culture, including Pudd’nhead Wilson. In the novel, Roxy, as one of those characters, who boasts an image with unique features and cultural consciousness, and the author’s writing technique have both caused extensive concern of western critics. For the Pudd’nhead Wilson, the writer uses a narrative way of irony to highlight characters as well as the local dialect of Mississippi to illustrate the local culture. The writing style of irony accentuates the cultural contradictions and social problems at that time. With a concise way, the author achieved a highly dramatic effect among the American writers in the 20th century which is immeasurable. Mark Twain often adopts writing skills such as satire, irony and local dialect to enrich characters, depict those background environments and criticize social problems in his books. Then, deep self-reflection can be acquired by readers through his humor. Therefore, in the history of American literature and world literature, he sets up a permanent monument

Key words: Pudd’nhead Wilson，local dialects，irony，satire

Contents

On the Language Style of Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson 5

1. Introduction 5

1.1 The author’s works 5

1.2 The author’s experience 6

1.3 The social and cultural background of Pudd’nhead Wilson 6

1.4 The writing skills 7

2. Satire 9

2.1 satirizing stupid people 9

2.2 satirizing contemptible Tom 10

2.3 satirizing poor Roxy 11

3. Irony 13

3.1 verbal irony 13

3.2 situational irony 16

4. Local dialect 18

Conclusion 20

Bibliography 21

Acknowledgements 22