Questions and Answers :Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English. What is the most famous theme in Henry James’s fiction? And what is his favorite approach in characterization, which makes him different from Mark Twain and W. D. Howells as realists? Give two titles of his works of his first period in which this theme and this approach are employed.
A.THE MOST FAMOUS THEME IN HENRY JAMES'S FICTION IS INTERNATIONAL THEME. JAMES'S REALISM IS CHARACTERIZED BY HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HIS SUBJECT. WHILE MARK TWAIN AND W. D. HOWELLS SATIRIZED EUROPEAN MANNERS AT TIMES, HENRY JAMES WAS AN ADMIRER OF ANCIENT EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION.
B.THE AMERICAN, DAISY MILLER ARE THE TWO TITLES OF HIS WORKS EMPLOYING THE INTERNATIONAL THEME.