| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Mark Twain, as a literature figure | 第11-14页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY | 第14-19页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Literature Career | 第15页 |
| ·The Beginning Of His First Book | 第15-16页 |
| ·Mark Twain and the profession of writing | 第16-18页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Readership | 第18-19页 |
| ·THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第19-20页 |
| ·OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Mark Twain’S Humor | 第21-29页 |
| ·MARK TWAIN’S VISUAL HUMOR | 第21-22页 |
| ·MARK TWAIN’S SENSE OF HUMOR | 第22-29页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Humor Techniques | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Deadpan Humor | 第24-25页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Humor Materials | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Mark Twain, Travel And His Travel Writing | 第29-35页 |
| ·MARK TWAIN AS AN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE | 第29-30页 |
| ·TWAIN’S “MOVING”DESIRE AND HIS TRAVEL EXPERIENCE | 第30-31页 |
| ·MARK TWAIN AND HIS TRAVEL WRITING | 第31-32页 |
| ·THE POPULARITY OF TRAVEL WRITING IN AMERICA | 第32-35页 |
| ·The Characteristics Of Travel Writing And Mark Twain’S Talent | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Mark Twain’S Humorous Irony In His Travel Books | 第35-61页 |
| ·GOING EAST: INNOCENTS ABROAD | 第35-43页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Trip To Europe And Innocents Abroad | 第35-37页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Humor In Innocents Abroad | 第37-40页 |
| ·Americans’Self-Image In Innocents Abroad | 第40-41页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Humor And The Social Effect | 第41-42页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Comic Technique In Innocents Abroad | 第42-43页 |
| ·GOING WEST: ROUGHING IT | 第43-53页 |
| ·Mark Twain’S Trip To The American West | 第43-45页 |
| ·Twain’s literary construction of the American West | 第45-47页 |
| ·Twain’S Na?f In The West And His Humorous Irony | 第47-53页 |
| ·GOING SOUTH: LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI | 第53-61页 |
| ·The Literary Background | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Identity Of American Men | 第54-55页 |
| ·Twain’S Rafts Men And The American Manhood | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Pilot Narrative And Twain’S Language | 第56-58页 |
| ·Twain’S Humor On The Masculine World In Lm | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Major findings | 第61页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RESEARCH | 第61-62页 |
| ·LIMITATION OF THIS STUDY | 第62-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-65页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第65-66页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第66页 |
