A Tramp abroad (by Mark Twain)

26.05.2014
Mark Twain
- *1835 1910
- real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, most amous !en name: Mark Twain
- irst literar" su##ess with tale The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County $18%5&
- most amous or The Adventures of Tom Sawyer $18'%&an( The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn $1885&
- )Mark Twain remains as #entral as e*er not onl" in +meri#an literature ,ut in +meri#an lie-
$in Why ark Twain still matters&
- .+ll mo(ern +meri#an literature #omes rom one ,ook ," Mark Twain #alle( Huckleberry
Finn,. $/rnest 0emingwa", 1935&
- irst tour o /uro!e an( the Mi((le /ast 1 irst tra*el ,ook The !nnocents Abroad
$#om!ilation o tra*el letters&
- se#on( tour o /uro!e 1 A Tramp Abroad $the thir( o i*e tra*el ,ooks&
2eneral inormation : + Tram! +,roa(
- !u,lishe( in 1880
- 3ourne" with a rien( through #entral an( southern /uro!e
South4western 2erman": 0ei(el,erg, Mannheim, 5a(en45a(en, 5la#k 6orest
Swit7erlan(, /astern 6ran#e, 8orthern 9tal"
- writes a,out College :risons in 2erman", the role o The "ortier in /uro!ean hotels an(
(es#ri,es 2erman news!a!ers
- si; a!!en(i#es in#lu(e( 1 among others: The Awful #erman $anguage
- ,ook works out a lot o stereot"!es $2ermans < +meri#ans&
8arrator
- 6irst !erson, semi4auto,iogra!hi#al, homo(iegeti#
- =##asionall" in#lu(es i#tional stories within the narrati*e
- Satiri#al, oten makes a,sur( statements a,out 2ermans an( retra#ts them the ne;t !aragra!h,
lea*ing the rea(er #onuse( as to his a#tual o!inion
- 0umor shines through use o h"!er,ole> )there are other suggestions whi#h 9 #an an( will
make in #ase m" !ro!ose( a!!li#ation shall result in m" ,eing ormall" em!lo"e( ," the
go*ernment in the work o reorming the language?- $305&
Stories that seem to (isru!t the 8arrati*e
- 5o" who #rie( )6ire@- on a Steam,oat $90491&
- Aing o 5a*aria (eman(ing real rain at the theater $9B49C&
- Skeleton or 5la#k 6orest 8o*el $B134B15&
- Des#ri!tion o an ant $B1'4BBB&
- + 6ourth o Eul" =ration in the 2erman Tongue $305430'&
Fse o 6ire
- Terri"ing, (angerous> 5o" who #rie( )6ire@-, 0ei(el,erg Castle, Tale o the 6ishwie an( 9ts
Sa( 6ate
- 8ot a#tuall" !resent at the moment> 5o" who #rie( )6ire@-, Aing o 5a*aria, 0ei(el,erg
Castle
- Fse( to (es#ri,e a lo#ation> Des#ri!tion o 5la#k 6orest, 0ei(el,erg Castle
- Con*enient !lot (e*i#e> Tale o the 6ishwie an( 9ts Sa( 6ate, Aing o 5a*aria
2erman":
2erman" has ,eautiul lan(s#a!es
)+ !erson who has not stu(ie( 2erman #an orm no i(ea o what a !er!le;ing language it is?-
2erman !eo!le:
2erman stu(ents en3o" li,erties: Le#tures #hosen a##or(ing to interests an( useulness, no
#om!ulsor" atten(an#e
0ar(4working
Drinking lots o ,eer: stu(entsG (rinking #ontests> )the Coun#il ille( themsel*es gra(uall",
stea(il", ,ut surel", with ,eer, an( #on(u#te( themsel*es with se(ate (e#orum-
Manners:
o )The" were inel" an( ashiona,l" (resse(, their manners were Huite su!er,-
o :un#tual, e?g? at #lass at uni*ersit", at the o!era
o :olite
sel4#ontrolle(
Suering or en3o"ment, e?g? waiting in the rain or hours, )a !erson #oul( not like IagnerGs
musi# at irst, ,ut must go through the (eli,erate !ro#ess o learning to like it?-
Some are ra#ist
Su,missi*e to authorities: Aings ma" en#ore, liking a singer ,e#ause he is amous
/motional, e?g? en(earing (iminuti*es
)There is a rien(l" something a,out the 2erman #hara#ter whi#h is *er" winning?-