Unit 54: Humour: Mark Twain. Henry James and Cosmopolitanism.

Unit 54: Humour: Mark Twain. Henry James and Cosmopolitanism.

1. 1. - Introduction, Justification and Relevance of the Topic

2. 2.- American Humour

   • Hyperbole
   • Satire

3. 3.- Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain, 1835-1910)

   • Realism
     • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
       • Satirical novel, first genuinely American.

4. 4.- Cosmopolitanism

   • Americans in Europe.
     • Some Americans went abroad as journalists. Others were employed as editors.
     • American authors published in the UK first to protect themselves from pirate British publishers.
     • The great majority, of course, were tourists or temporary visitors.
     • Others crossed the ocean to give lectures or make cultural pilgrimages.

5. 5.- Henry James (1843-1916)

   • - Daisy Miller - The Portrait of a Lady - Roderick Hudson

6. 6.- Conclusion and Teaching Implications

7. 7.- Bibliography