A novel by Mark Twain. The British edition was published in 1884, and the American edition in 1885. Hemingway said that "all modern American literature originates from this novel," and the truly American literary tradition was established by this novel, which epicly describes Mark Twain's childhood memories, set against the backdrop of the majestic Mississippi River. Huck Finn, a homeless boy who escapes from a closed-off rural town in the American Southwest, embarks on many adventures down the Mississippi River with Jim, a fugitive black slave. This is not just a story about a boy's adventures, but explores many themes unique to American literature, such as the fundamental conflict between civilization and nature, racial issues, and other serious social problems in American society at the time, and the boy's personal growth through these experiences. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
マーク・トウェーンの小説。イギリス版1884年,アメリカ版85年刊。ヘミングウェーは〈すべての現代アメリカ文学はこの小説に由来する〉と述べたが,真にアメリカ的といえる文学伝統は,雄大なミシシッピ川を背景に,マーク・トウェーンの少年時代の思い出を叙事詩的につづったこの小説によって確立された。アメリカ南西部の閉鎖的な田舎町を飛び出した浮浪少年ハック・フィンは,ミシシッピ川を逃亡中の黒人奴隷ジムといかだで下りながら数々の冒険を重ねるが,単なる少年の冒険物語ではなく,それを通して文明と自然の根源的な対立や人種問題など当時のアメリカ社会の深刻な社会問題,そしてそれを通しての少年の人間的な成長など,アメリカ文学特有の主題が数多く追求されている。
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