【英语专业毕业论文】The Features of O’ Henry’s Short Stories.docVIP

The Features of O’ Henry’s Short Stories By Wang Hui Under the Supervision of Lecturer Liu Botao Foreign Languages College of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University June 2010 The Features of O’ Henry’s Short Stories Abstract O’ Henry is one of the greatest short stories writers in the world, and enjoys equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. His writing style is appreciated by many people, especially for twist plot and surprising ending. In language, O’ Henry uses many rhetoric tactics to achieve the effort of making the stories more vivid and more humorous, like irony. The characters in his short stories are from all the classes of society, rich and poor, evil and virtuous. He gains many writing material from his abundant life experiences. Each of his stories is the microcosm of society at that time. So his stories are considered as “the encyclopedia of American life”. In his short stories, O’ Henry always sympathizes with the poor, criticizes and satirizes the capitalists. In the thesis, the features of O’ Henry’s short story, namely, surprising ending, humor, irony, and unique character portraying art are analyzed respectively. Key Words: O’ Henry, short stories, surprising ending, humor, irony, unique character portraying art 欧·亨利短篇小说的写作特点 中文摘要 欧·亨利是世界上最伟大的短篇小说家之一，享有与柴可夫斯基，莫泊桑同等的地位。他的写作风格受众人青睐，尤其是以屈折的情节和出人意料的结尾闻名。在语言上，欧.亨利使用多种多样的修辞手法来让故事达到生动活泼，幽默风趣的效果，如反讽。在他短篇小说了，人物都是来自各个阶层的人，有穷也有富，有邪恶也有善良的。他如此多的写作素材多归功于他丰富的生活经历。他的每个故事都是当时社会的一个缩影。因此，他的故事被人称作为“美国生活的百全科书”。在欧·亨利小说里，他常常同情穷苦老百姓而批判讽刺资本家。本文主要对欧亨利的短篇小说特点进行了分析，即出奇制胜的结尾，幽默，反讽，以及人物刻画技巧。 关键字：欧·亨利，短篇小说，出奇制胜的结尾，幽默，反讽，人物刻画技巧 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction…………………………………………………………….1 Background…………………………………………………………………….1 Previous Studies of O’ Henry’s Works…………………………………..1 Chapter 2 The Life of O’ Henry and His Literature Achievements…………3 2.1 O’ Henry’s Personal Information……………………………………….3 2.2 O’ Henry’s Works4 Chapter 3 The Features of O’ Henry’s Works5 3.1 Surprising ending……………………………………………………………5 3.2 Humo