浅谈欧·亨利小说的语言风格

题目（英文）   On the language style of O Henry's Novels                                            

题目（中文）      浅谈欧·亨利小说的语言风格                                       

Abstract

O.Henry is a famous critical realist writer in America. Along with Chekhov and Maupassant as the world's three major short story Masters. He is praised by critics as Manhattan prose writers, and as the father of modern short stories in America. His works are ingeniously conceived, vividly, and humorous. Especially, the stories have a unique style at the end. From nineteenth Century to twentieth Century, the United States is one of the world's deepest divide between rich and poor. On the one hand, there is the luxury of life of the billionaire, on the other hand there are many people are struggling in the bottom of the hungry online. In this paper, we take the stories of "The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" for example, which are the O.Henry’s representative work, to summarize the story, to analysis of the language features of his novels, and to show his writing techniques. By learning the skills of O. Henry’s ending, black humor, the art of irony, and the style of naturalism, we can feel the author's purpose, which is that, praise the selfless love, and condemn the unjust society at that time strongly.

Keywords　O.Henry; novels; black humor; tearful smile; language style

Contents

Abstract I

Contents I

Introduction 2

1. A brief introduction of the author 3

2.Description the story of "The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" 4

2.1 The background of writing "The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" 4

2.2 About the story of "The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" 4

2.2.1Description the story of Gift of the Magi 4

2.2.2 Description the story of The Cop and The Anthem 5

3.The writing style of "The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" 6

3.1 The writing style of Gift of the Magi 6

3.2 The writing style of The Cop and The Anthem 8

4.The common features of"The gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem" 9

4.1 The style of O. Henry’s ending 9

4.2 The black humor of O. Henry’s 9

4.3 The style of naturalism 10

5.Conclusion 12

References 13