The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Related Works

Author: Tian Qingxuan Translated
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Publish Date: 1996-12-01
Features: The adventure story of Huckleberry Finn rafting down the Mississippi River is actually a series of short adventure stories. This method of arranging plots is called serial independent chapters in literature. Each event is an episode, a self-contained small story. This kind of plot is a feature of a certain type of novel—the picaresque novel. (This genre originated in 16th-century Spain. Early picaresque novels include one titled The Little Lazarus of the Tor Hays River, also known as The Little Beggar) However, simply calling The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a picaresque novel is not entirely accurate, because the book lacks something essential to the genre. In addition to the serial independent chapters, the lower strata of society and various criminal classes constitute another major feature of the picaresque novel. Huckleberry...