o.henry导论.ppt

Summary Writing characteristic Evaluation and influence saying ? 1. Real name：Williams Sydney Porter ? 2. Birthplace: Greensboro, North California ? 3.Family Background: his father, a physician ? 4. Education: receive little formal schooling ? 5. Working Experiences: did a variety of odd jobs（pharmacy apprentice、cowherd、accountant、journalist、teller） 1) The United States western life （西部生活 ） 2) Latin American life （拉美生活） 3) big city life of America （大都市生活） 主要的三部小说集能够反映其主题划分： The heart of the west（西部之心）: describing the western grasslands and cowherd people live----描写西部草原生活 Chinese cabbage and king（白菜与国王）: Central America ----中美洲 Four million（四百万）: the city life, especially New York life----城市生活，特别是纽约生活 1.Humorous：幽默 2.Realistic：写实 3.O Henry’s Twisting End ： 欧亨利式结尾 words melting sorrows and joys曲笔溶悲喜 Starting from Washington Owen, many writers are good at writing those funny but meaningful story. O. Henry inherited this tradition, and was influenced by the contemporary writers. Moreover, he has a a lifetime of frustrations. All above makes his unique sense of humor - filled with bitter laughter. At the back of the humor, exaggerations, there are something more calling this tearful smile, which has deepened the social significance of the work, with long-term artistic charm. 幽默是美国的文学传统之一。从华盛顿·欧文开始，许多作家都善于写那些有趣可笑而又意味深长的故事。欧文的幽默是在善意的揶揄之中含有淡淡的讽刺；马克·吐温的幽默以充满俚语的口语，滑稽、俏皮的描写和极夸张的形象，揭示了生活中的真理；欧文·肖的幽默则在注重描述人物性格的幽默风趣上。 欧·亨利承袭这一传统，受同时代作家的影响，加之一生经历坎坷，使得他独特的幽默与众不同——充满了辛酸的笑声，有持久的吸引力。 The so-called O. Henry’s twist ending means: the end of the article makes sense not only unexpected but logical and convincing.（意料之外，情理之中） The famous American critical realist writer(美国著名批判现实主义作家) One of the three great masters of short stories of the world (others are: Anton Chekhov契诃夫，Guy de Maupassant 莫泊桑 ).世界三大短篇小说大师之一。 Critics have been crowned him as Manhattan laureate prose writer and the father of modern American short stories. 曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。 He was