浅析《加拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙》的幽默艺术

本文首先概述了马克·吐温的幽默艺术,然后结合《加拉维拉县驰名的跳蛙》,分析了马克·吐温幽默艺术的四个特点:用夸张的手法突出幽默对象的本质特征;用漫画的技巧追求幽默艺术的深刻性;运用大量土语和俚语增强幽默效果;巧妙地构思出一些奇特、曲折的故事情节,增强幽默的感染力。

The Humorous Features in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

After a brief discussion of Mark Twain humorous art, the article analyses the four artistic features of humor in Mark Twain's short story of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". They include the highlight of the essential nature of humorous objects with skills of exaggeration; the achievement of humorous features by means of caricature; the reinforcement of humorous effect with slang and colloquialism; ingeniously working out some peculiar plots so as to achieve artistic appeal.