Identify and discuss features of the picaresque novel that Clemens uses in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Analyze Clemens's portrait of Tom Sawyer. Analyze Clemens's portrait of Jim. Compare his portrait with portraits of black characters in the Joel Chandler Harris tales or in Charles Chesnutt's The Goophered Grapevine. Study the female characters in the novel.
Death is a frequent motif in the novel.
Write an essay on elements of theater in Clemens's work commenting on the relationship between the art and act of oral storytelling and the narrative form Clemens devises for written stories. Late Nineteenth Century - Mark Twain. A Research and Reference Guide .