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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 A General Study on Satire in American Literature
2.1 the Meaning of Satire
2.2 Satire in American Literature
2.3 the Origin and Development of Satire in American Novels
2.3.1 Satire in American Tradition
2.3.2 the Age of Realism and Mark Twain
2.3.3 Sinclair Lewis and 1920s
3 Sinclair Lewis and His Babbitt
3.1 A Brief Introduction to Sinclair Lewis
3.2 A Summary of Babbitt
4 Realistic Satire in Babbitt
4.1 the skills of Realistic Satire
4.2 Realistic Techniques
4.3 Satire
4 4 the Strategy of Satire
4.4.1 the Closing Kicker
4 4 2 Parody
5 Conclusion
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