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Advanced English
2. Tasks Pre-reading questions
Background knowledge
Macro-structure of the text
Detailed Study of the text
Rhetoric devices
Follow-up discussion
Exercise and homework
3. Pre-reading Questions
How do you understand the title?
What do you know about Mark Twain?
4. 1. Mirror here means a person who gives a true representation or description of the country.
2. Generally speaking, all literary giants in human history are also great historians, thinkers and philosophers. Their works often reveal more truth than many political essays.
3. Mark Twain was one of these giants, and his life and works are a mirror of America of his time.
5. Mark Twain Real Name
Meaning
Life
Works
Assessment
7. Early life experience Boy in a little town in Mississippi
At 11, he lost his father
At 13, he stopped schooling
Tramp printer
Steamboat pilot on the Mississippi
Confederate guerrilla
Prospector
Reporter on the far western frontier
Traveler abroad
8. MainWorks The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
9. OtherWorks The Prince and the Pauper
The Cop and the Anthem
Running for Governor
The 1,000,000 Bank-Note
The Innocents Abroad
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Gilded Age
10. His Misfortunes Financial difficulties
Personal tragedies
his father
his brother
his two-daughters
his son
his wife
11. A Brief Assessment Remarks: Mark Twain is a part of America. His personal success and failure were those of America. He moved, along with America, from innocence to experience.
Ernest Hemingway : All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. ... There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.
12. Mark Twain and the Barber
14. Rhtorical Devices Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Parallelism
Personification
Antithesis
Euhemism
Alliteration
Metonymy
synecdoche
15. Questions for Discussion Why is Mark Twain one of Americas best-loved authors?
Give a brief account of Mark Twains experience before he became a writer.
When did Mark Twain become a pilot on a steamboat?
What story did he write that made him known as the wild humorist of the Pacific slope?
16. Written Homework
Why does the writer consider Mark Twain a mirror of America?
17. References http://www.jpkc.cq.edu.cn/ChongQ_2004_dxyy/kj/tl/tl2/index.htm
http://blog.hjenglish.com/cxchun/articles/403413.html
http://www.fync.edu.cn:8080/2006jpkc/ll2/jiaoan.asp
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Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.