《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》-一本充满乡土特色的小说_英语论文

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: a Local Color Novel

摘要

马克·吐温是美国著名作家、幽默大师，也是著名演说家。同时，他在文学史上也是一位优秀的现实主义文学家，其作品以讽刺见长。《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》作为马克·吐温的经典作品,是以作者小时候的情感经历为缩影,结合密西西比河和西部边疆地区艰辛的生活现实为背景,对当时的种族问题和道德观念给予了辛辣的嘲讽和猛烈的抨击。该小说自出版以来，评论家们从多个角度对《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》进行了解读，如人物结构方面、种族观念方面、区域文化方面等，但是对于小说中的乡土特色的解读较少。本文以小说文本为基础，参照国内外有关该作品的分析论著，研究《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》在自然社会环境、语言特点和人文精神追求等方面的乡土特色，并以此来探索乡土特色在小说中的文化内涵。

关键词：马克·吐温《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》密西西比河乡土特色

Abstract

Mark Twain was a famous American writer and humorist, and he was also a great speaker. At the same time, in the literary history, he was also a great realistic writer, and he was good at ironic works. As Mark Twain's classic work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was the emotional experience of the author when he was a child in miniature. The author combined the Mississippi River and the west border areas’ realistic life, which was the background of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. What’s more, the author gave the scathing irony and the strong criticism about the racial issues and the moral ideas at that time. Since the novel was published, the critics analyzed The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from multiple angles, such as characters’ structure, race, culture, etc.. However, there were a few analyses about local color of the novel. This paper was based on the novel text, and the analysis works at home and abroad about this novel were the reference, researching local color in aspects of natural and social environment, language, and the pursuit of humanistic spirit of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This paper was aimed at exploring the cultural connotation of local color in this novel.

Key words: Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn The Mississippi River Local Color

Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Local Color in Natural and Social Environment 3

1.1 The Mississippi River – A River of Freedom 3

1.2 Slavery - the Darkness of the Society 4

Chapter 2 Local Color in Language 6

2.1 Colloquial Language 6

2.2 Humorous and Ironic Language 9

Chapter 3 Local Color in Thought 12

3.1 The Spirit of Adventure and Pioneer 12

3.2 Freedom and Equality 13

Conclusion 15

Bibliography 17

Acknowledgments 18