Mark Twain : A Realistic Humorist in America
ABSTRACT This study is an analysis of Twain's humorous works which finally turns to be satirical based on the crisis of political and social reaction in the nineteenth century America. The coming of industrialization, however, immediately alters the condition of social life. One of the effects...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2001
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This study is an analysis of Twain's humorous works which finally turns to be satirical based on the crisis of political and social reaction in the nineteenth century America.
The coming of industrialization, however, immediately alters the condition of social life. One of the effects of the industrial era is about the class-determination - the institution of slavery. It is, actually, of the beginning of Progressive Movement where all Americans were absorbed in the channel of money making. They become greedy and trust themselves with dirty conspiracy to gain their ambition. Competition to get the votes leads them to practice bribery and collusion by buying the congress and the judges.
Apart from being humorous his writings turn out to become satires as means of protest and disagreement towards the working system in America.
Key words : Progressive Movement � institution of slavery � dirty conspiracy -- humor and satire. |
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