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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.
【正确答案】：

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.

【题目解析】：A.亨利·詹姆斯小说中最著名的主题是国际主题。詹姆斯的现实主义以他对主题的心理方法为特点。马克·吐温和豪厄尔斯不时地讽刺欧洲人的举止，而亨利·詹姆斯却是古代欧洲文明的崇拜者。B.《美国人》《黛西·米勒》是其作品中运用国际主题的两本书。