The influence of Mark Twain

Mark Twain is one of the main founders of American realistic literature in the19th century. He has made outstanding contributions to the development of American literature in realistic novel theory and novel language style.

He advocates the creation of literary works with local flavor, and advocates that writers should start from their familiar fields, describe people's lives and portray people's characters and souls in people's languages. He believes that if all writers follow this principle, the whole picture of the American people and American life will be presented to the world truthfully; Only in this way can we write a "great American novel".

Mark Twain's style initiated the colloquialism of American novels and had a great influence on later writers. Mark Twain wrote many things in his life. He also wrote some works that sympathized with China immigrants and opposed imperialist aggression against China. Mark Twain's early works are humorous in artistic conception and light in writing, full of longing for rising American life; After the middle period, the color gradually darkened, showing dissatisfaction and disappointment with the reality of American society; In his later years, with the disillusionment of bourgeois democratic ideals and the tragic influence of personal life, his works clearly showed pessimism and despair, and were quite determined.