Studijní obor:Anglický jazyk - specializace v pedagogice
Abstrakt:
These papers are focused on the analysis of Mark Twain´s Life on the Mississippi and
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with respect to the importance of the river of
Mississippi. The opening part of these papers introduces literary terms such as realism,
local color, regionalism and southern literature. The next section is dedicated to the
river from the historical point of view, what happenings had cardinal relevance for the
river. The main part of the work is a detailed analysis of the significance of the river in
selected novels, which is supported by authentic quotations. The analysis also
concentrates on the relationship of the main characters and the author to the Mississippi
River, and as a conclusion a comparison of what both the novels have in common
concerning the importance of the river and what they differ in.