浅析欧亨利短篇小说的写作风格_英语论文

An Analysis of Writing Styles in O· Henry’s Short Stories 

摘要

 欧亨利是世界短篇小说三大师之一，美国现当代短篇小说的创始人。他的作品大多数反映了20世纪初期美国社会底层人物的现实生活。欧亨利善于观察生活中的细节和捕捉典型场面，来刻画人物心理和展示生活固有的矛盾。本文主要从欧亨利的短篇小说和他的时代背景入手，结合欧亨利具体的小说来探讨他独特的写作风格。本论文的重点是欧亨利小说的风格，将从语言的幽默，简洁和反讽三个方面具体分析。还将阐述形成这种风格的主要因素，就是他的艺术手法。本文旨在探索欧亨利短篇小说的文学价值。

关键词：欧亨利；写作风格；语言；艺术手法

Abstract

O·Henry, one of the three masters of short stories in the world, is the founder of American modern short stories. His stories mostly reflect the real life of people at the bottom of society in America in the early 20th century. O·Henry is good at observing details of daily life and capturing the typical scenes in order to portray the characters’ minds and sometimes even show inherent contradictions of life. The thesis starts with O·Henry’s short stories and his background and combines with O·Henry’s specific works to discuss O·Henry’s writing styles. The thesis emphasizes his styles in writing stories and it concretely analyzes three aspects, including humor, conciseness and irony. It also illustrates the factors of forming these styles, that is artistic techniques. It aims to explore its literary value.

Keywords:  O·Henry; writing styles; language; artistic techniques

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 The life of O·Henry 1

1.2 O·Henry’s works 1

1.3 O·Henry’s themes 2

2. Literature Review 4

3. Writing Styles of O·Henry’s Short Stories 5

3.1 Humor 5

3.2 Conciseness 7

3.3 Irony 8

4. The Factors to Writing Styles 9

4.1 The surprising ending 9

4.2 The dual-clue structure 10

5.Conclusion 12

Works Cited 13