【正文】 On Satirical Features in Pride and Prejudice and The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg1. IntroductionJane Austin is the first important woman novelist in English literature. She was born in Hampshire, England. She received no regular education. But her father, George Austen, who was rector of local parish, taught her much at home. Influenced by her father, she began writing at an early age. From 1811 to 1818, she published six excellent works in succession: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The appearance of these excellent works broke the depressed atmosphere of sentimental literature and paved way for realism. So this woman writer was praised as inparable Jane Austin by critics. Through years of test, these works were favored by generations of readers and critics, especially her masterpiece Pride and Prejudice. Irony is known as the European literary tradition. With her high artistic consciousness, Austen shows a more mature art of irony. In her novel irony is not only reflected in the tone of satire, sarcastic letters but also in character portrayal, and organization of plots as well as the theme of the works. Irony is Austin’s way of understanding and evaluating life bees her novel39。s tone and style. In Pride and Prejudice, the use of this artistic style reached a point of consummationMark Twain is an excellent, humorous and satiric master. His writing career began at the period of the transition from American Romanticism to Realism. From 1867, the publication of his first short novel The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, to1874, and the publication of his long novel The Gilded Age, the tone was optimistic, humorous and jocular and the style of writing was relaxing. After 1980s, his creation came into mature period. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur39。s Court (1889), The Tragedy of Pudd39。nhead Wilson (1889), The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg(1900 ) were all created in this period. At that time American’s social contradictions were very sharp and American was also in the period of economic crisis. In literary creation, Realism began to take place of Romanticism. At that moment, Mark Twain obviously changed not only in thought but also in writing style and in his works relaxing humor turned into spicy satire. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is just an acute social satirical novel. In the Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,he changed his earlier humorous style and turned to bitter irony to criticize American society’s corruption and the phenomenon of moral hypocrisy, as well as the evil generated by money.Researches about Jane Austen have always been a hot topic in western academic circles. Many researchers at home and abroad study the marriage attitude, education, property and so on in Pride and Prejudice. Many people studied Jane Austen’s satire art. Similarly, some people study Mark Twain’s humor features and satire art. This paper will analyze and pare the use of satire in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Mark Twain’s The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg from aspects of satire meaning, character portrayal, the organization of plots and their languages.2. General View of Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s masterpiece. The central character is Elizabeth, the most intellect daughter of Bennet family. The story begins when a young and wealthy bachelor, Charles Bingley rents the manor of Netherfield in the nearby village of Longbourn. It causes a great stir there, and especially attracted the Bennets. Mrs. Bennet was permanently distracted by the issue of marrying off her five daughters (ranging in age from twenty two to fifteen) at any cost. Because after Mr. Bennet39。s death, their estate and property would be passed on by law to his closest relative: his cousin, William Collins, who is a fatuous, tactless and pompous man. In order to make amends for inheriting the family’s estate, William Collins proposes to Elizabeth. Of course, he is refused by the rational and wit girl. Later on, Charles Bingley’s friend, Darcy is attracted by Elizabeth’s charm and intelligence. So he proposes to Elizabeth too. But Elizabeth has prejudice against him, so she rejects him at the beginning. After many twists and turns, misunderstanding between them disappears and they are united happily. In this novel, there are also Elizabeth’s sisters’ romantic adventures. This story shows that at Austen’ time, there were a lot of different attitudes toward marriage. Stylistic Features in Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen is a realistic novelist. In Pride and Prejudice, she draws vivid and realistic pictures of people’s everyday life at her time. When she creates figures, she makes the characters have people’s true personality. “Her figures are like real living persons with faults and virtues mixed as they are in real life.” (Guo Qunying, 2001) These figures participate in the plots as much as they can, and have close relation with the plots’ progress. All these make the novel full of social significance and real sense of life. The novel shows a wealth of humor, wit and delicate satire. Like the simpleminded and vulgar Mrs. Bennet, she displays herself obdurately all the time. Her appearance always adds the sense of humor. The author represents figures’ words and actions like making reports. Then she makes a sharp contrast between the figure’s serious but abnormal expression and the reader’s normal concept about appreciation of the beautiful. Thus it strongly produces satirical effect. The section about William Collins proposing to Elizabeth is a good illustration. When William Collins shows his will to marry Elizabeth, he just like a clergyman makes sermons devoutly and orderly. Anyone who sees that scene will get bored and tired with William Collins’s behaviors. At the same time, humor and delicate satire spring from it. Satirical Meaning of Pride and PrejudiceIn th