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Roughing it - 2"' important autobiographical work; it tells about his and his brothers irip to American West.

■ Innocence Abroad - reportage from the trip to Europę. He went to Europę together with the bunch of tourists, his task was to report. Sliows confrontation between Americans and Europeans. A special kind of lg - used commoo regional speech; lg reflects speech; incorporates various narrańve forms.

The Adventures of Huckleherry Finn

1. As the realist novel

■ Major work of American Realism; conventional elements are present:

Language - common lg. understandable to audience; combines a variety of different dialects - Southern and S-W; regional Ig - enhances realistic quality of situations

Setting - place - preoccupation with space, not only geographical existence but also presentation of the communities. The most often environment - the smali towns

There are a number of chapters when tlie characters have the opporninity to go to nearby houses. Construction allows to porlrait varions kinds of individual people and communities; King and Duke prepare performance - the whole community is easily tricked by 2 common men

The presentation of representative of human types - families, whole town communities - Duke. King. judge.

A concera with social problems - slavery - a legacy of racial prejudice. In a sense Hucj Finn leams to thlnk outside categories; modification serves as a critiqne).

2. As the novel of Rivers and Roads

■    Lies at the origin of genre which is primarily cinematic tradition in the 20^,h c.

■    Ali characters, individuals have the roots in H. F.

■    Symbolic structure derives from tlie opposition - river vs. land:

ńver - stands for freedom but also innocence, honesty, equality; a symbol of freedom, shapes Finn’s character and determines his behaviour; forces him to come up with constant new ideas; a space of freedom where notliing poses a threat to liim and Jim

land - stands for corruption; all sorts of prejudices determine relations; family feud -for no apparent mason - because it’s on tlie land; Duke and King have very li mi ted possibilities in the raft, only on land they can play tricks.