英语专业毕业论文--简析马克吐温在《汤姆索亚历险记.doc

吉林华桥外国语学院 本科毕业论文 （2006级） 姓 名 学 号：院 系：学院 专 业：英语指导教师：  An Analysis of Mark Twain’s Writing Techniques in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 简析马克吐温在《汤姆索亚历险记》中使用的写作手法 姓 名： 学 号： 院 系： 双语学院 专 业： 英语（英日方向） 指导教师： 吉林华桥外国语学院 Jilin HuaQiao Foreign Languages Institute  Content Ⅰ.Introduction 1 Ⅱ. Mark Twain and The Adventure of Tom Sawyer 1 2.1 Mark Twain’s Life Experience 1 2.2 A Brief Introduction of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2 Ⅲ. Writing Techniques Reflected in the Work 4 3.1 Humor 4 3.2 Satire 5 3.3 Colloquial Language 6 3.3.1 Local Color 7 3.3.2 Vernacular Language 7 3.4 Figures of Speech 8 3.4.1 Exaggeration 8 3.4.2 Metaphor 9 3.4.3 Transferred epithet 10 3.4.4 Metonymy 11 Ⅳ Conclusion 11 Bibliography 13  Abstract Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and satire, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humor had great impact on the following men of letters. He produced the world famous juvenile work The Adventure of Tom Sawyer which reflected his own life experience. He produced countless successful works loved by people form different countries. Until today, his works are still read by people all over the world. The thesis presents some of the writing features which contributed to his success such as humor, satire colloquial language and various figures of speech and some of the illustrations from the work. The thesis consists of four parts. The first part of the body tells the life experience of Mark Twain and his famous work The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. The part following, which is also the theme that is discussed in the thesis, is a detailed analysis to some of the writing techniques such as humor, satire which Mark Twain applied in his work. This part specifically states how he created a vivid and expressive image to his readers with the application of the writing techniques and what kind of effects he achieved through this by some of the examples from Twain’s work. The last part is a c