马克·吐温是19世纪美国最为杰出的小说家和演讲家,也是迄今为止世界现实主义文坛不可多得的文学巨匠和重要开拓者。他的作品往往对社会现实进行无情的揭露,常常也能引起读者的强烈共鸣,而他的小说作品中最为常用的手法也就是反讽。《竞选州长》就是马克吐温中后期短篇小说的代表作,这篇作品中作者充分运用了反讽的写作手法,将资本主义社会虚伪的民主表象和赤裸裸的政治把戏批判得体无完肤,值得我们去深入探讨和久久回味。本文主要就《竞选州长》中的反讽特色进行分析研究。 Mark Twain is the most outstanding novelist and speaker in the United States in the nineteenth century and the literary master and important pioneer in the realist literary world so far. His works often expose the reality of society mercilessly, and often can arouse the strong resonance of readers. The most commonly used technique in his novels’ works is irony. The “election governor” is the representative of Mark Twain’s middle and late short stories. In this work, the author makes full use of the irony writing tactics to criticize the hypocritical democratism and the naked political play in capitalist society, which deserves our in-depth discussion And a long time aftertaste. This article mainly analyzes and studies the irony features of “running for the governor.”