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Lecture 12 O. Henry Henry James Teaching objectives: Short stories O. Henry’s style and The Cop and the Anthem Henry James and his novels Short Stories Three Centers France: Maupassant Russia: Chekhov 3. U.S.A.: O. Henry William Sidney Porter O. Henry 1862-1910 Group work Biographical Introduction: p.62 Curriculum Vitae US resume Name: O Henry Birth date/place: Death Date/Place Title/Position: Education: Life/travel/work experience: What interests you most: Masterpieces: Plot: Writing characteristics: What impresses you most: Points to ponder over … but he was much entertained as a boy by his maiden aunt who taught him a little, but read stories to him much. Sometimes the teacher and a group of youngsters would start a game of story-telling;…. PP.62-63 …the publishers of … guaranteed him a fixed income of twelve hundred dollars a year. This seemed a big sum to him then but later he made as much as that in a week. P.63 He would often walk and talk at all hours of the night with such people and invite them into a restaurant with him to drink coffee. PP.63-64 The title of one of his books, The Four Million, indicates all the people of New York City worth writing about, not simply the upper “Four Hundred.” P.64 It is hard to tell which are his best stories, as different writers have such different opinions. PP.64-65 A comparison between O. Henry and De Maupassant : P.64 O. Henry vs De Maupassant Points in common: 1.gifted with a clear style and a keen observation of details, and 2.both write about people in the poor walks of life. A point that differs: O. Henry’s outlook upon life was not involved in such bitter gloom as the Frenchman’s, and his works abound in good-natured humor. His writing style:P.64 欧·亨利的小说常以“含泪的微笑 smile with tears ”来抚慰生活失意的小人物的心灵创伤，善用夸张、嘲讽、双关等幽默手段。尤其体现欧、亨利小说特色的，是他的小说常在故事末尾笔锋一转，让主人公的命运突然起意想不到的变化，在看似荒唐的结局中给读者以深层的思索和启迪。这一巧妙的构思方法被誉为“欧·亨利手法”。对当时及后人的短篇小说创作有较大影响。 The Gift of Maggie /show/1Pauo_ibHdIzUKnd.html The Cop