Abstract: The term folklore means traditional customs, beliefs, stories and sayings. It is a description of culture, which has passed down verbally from generation to generation in oral form. The term ‘folklore’ was coined in 1846 by the Englishman, William J. Thoms. The types of folklore are myths, ballads, fairytales, folk art, legends, urban legends, riddles, and superstitions. Twain’s novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer have the same theme that is ‘Folklore’. In the first chapter there is introduction to the author and his works, and about the famous novelists of all ages. After, there is a review of the two novels and how they both are considered by other critics. The folklore elements, such as, superstition, religion, rituals, myth and adventure are being used by the novelist, Twain in his two novels. His novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) received even greater national acclaim and cemented Twain’s position’s as a giant in American literary circles. Through the characters the elements are expressed to the readers. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain in 1876, is about twelve-year-old Tom Sawyer living the small-town-life- and getting into a lot of trouble with his friends and the new life in which he and his friends struggle a lot. His another Novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the inspiration of his childhood friend Tom Blankenship. The elements of folklore were mentioned greatly by Twain and which had the important role in his novels.
Keywords: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Title: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” as Folklores
Author: P. CHRISTILLAL, PRO G. AMBIKA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Research Publish Journals
