自然主义特点在欧亨利作品中的体现.docVIP

自然主义特点在欧亨利作品中的体现 　　摘要：欧?亨利是二十世纪初崛起于美国文坛的著名短篇小说作家，其作品构思布局巧妙，语言幽默风趣，尤其是出乎意料的结尾更是别具一格，脍炙人口。19世纪到二十世纪，现实主义思想和自然主义理论的表现方式走到美国的文学里。欧亨利作为美国的短片小说之父，在他的作品中既体现了现实主义的残酷与无奈，同时又表现出自然主义的本质。 　　本文就通过欧亨利的作品来剖析自然主义与现实主义的相通之处，通过麦琪的礼物这篇文章，我们可以看到自然主义的流露，文章通过描写两对年轻的爱人，在圣诞节互送礼物，结果卖掉了自己彼此最为珍贵的东西，来反映当时社会资本家的贪婪与罪恶，贫苦大众生活的无奈。 　　Abstract: O. Henry is a famous short story writer rising in American literature in the early 20th century. The ingenious idea of layout, humorous languages, especially the surprising end make his works unique and popular. From the 18th century to the 19th century, the expression of realistic thinking and naturalism fused into the American literature. As the father of American short story, O. Henry embodies the brutal realism and helplessness in his works, while showing the nature of naturalism. 　　The paper analyzed the interlink between naturalism and realism through the works of O?Henry. By example of The Gift of the Magi, we could see the reveal of naturalism. The article describes the young couples giving of gifts on Christmas by selling the eachs most precious thing. The article reflects the greed and sin of the social capitalists and the helplessness of the poor. 　　关键词：欧亨利 ; 自然主义 ; 现实主义; 相通性 　　Key words: O?Henry；naturalism；realism；interlink 　　中图分类号：I06文献标识码：A文章编号：1006-4311（2011）03-0328-01 　　 　　1Introduction of O?Henry 　　O?Henrys three short stories as examples, the author finds that by employing different focalizations and relevant narrative discourses to different stories, O?Henry provides the readers with a whole picture of the life of his time. O?Henrys three typical short stories. The Furnished Room(1906),The Gift of the Magi (1906)and A Service of Love(1906). Through making physical time serve psychological time and selecting episodes of life, O?Henry organically unites physical time with psychological time and reveals the true meaning of life; through acceleration and deceleration, he adjusts the narrative speed properly; and by employing different