O.Henry國(guó)際經(jīng)濟(jì)與貿(mào)易二班徐荷子1.Introduction2.Hismainworks3.Hiswritingstyle4.HisinfluenceWhyishemyfavoriteauthor?1.IntroductionPenname:O.Henry(1862-1910)

Anotherpenname:OlivierHenry

Hisprimitivename:WilliamsSydneyPorterAbouthislifeWilliamSydneyPorterwasborninGreenboro,NorthCarolina.Hisfatherwasaphysician.WhenWilliamwasthree,hismotherdied,andhewasraisedbyhisparental（父親的）grandmotherandpaternalaunt.

Williamwasanavidreader,butattheageoffifteenheleftschool,andthenworkedinadrugstoreandonaTexasranch.HecontinuedtoHouston,wherehehadanumberofjobs,includingaccountant,landboardclerk,reporter.In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach;theyhadadaughterandason.AbouthislifeO.Henry'slastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism（酗酒）,illhealth,andfinancialproblems.O.Henrydiedofcirrhosis（肝硬化）oftheliver（此處指肝臟）onJune5,1910,inNewYork.Threemorecollections,SixesAndSevens(1911),RollingStones(1912)andWaifsAndStrays(1917),appearedposthumously（于死后出版）.Duringhislifetime,O.Henrypublished10collectionsandover600shortstories.Literarycareer

HewasaprolificAmericanshort-storywriter,amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCitylikeclerks,policemen,waitresses.Henrywasknownasagoodend,itwascalled“O?Henry-end”.Althoughsomecriticswerenotsoenthusiasticabouthiswork,thepubliclovedit.HewascalledProseLaureateofManhattanandFatherofshortstories.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayful.Heisoneofthreeshortstorymasterintheworld.(O.Henry,Maupassant,Chekhov)2.HismainworksMainworksCabbagesandKings白菜與國(guó)王TheFourMillion四百萬(wàn)

TheGiftofMagi麥琪的禮物

TheLastLeaf最后一片葉子MammonandtheArcher財(cái)神和愛(ài)神TheFurnishedRoom帶家具出租的房間TheCopandtheAnthem警察和贊美詩(shī)TheRansomofRedChief紅色酋長(zhǎng)的救贖After

Twenty

Years

--二十年以后The

Green

Door

--綠色門(mén)

The

Handbook

of

Hymen--

婚姻手冊(cè)Hearts

and

Hands--

心與手

The

Hypotheses

of

Failure

--失算Two

Thanksgiving

Day

Gentlemen--

兩位感恩節(jié)的紳士A

Service

of

Love

--愛(ài)的犧牲

Shearing

The

Wolf

--虎口拔牙

The

Unknown

Quantity--

未知數(shù)

While

The

Auto

Waits

--汽車(chē)等待的時(shí)候

The

Whirligig

of

Life--

生活的波折

Withes‘

Loaves

--女巫的面包Next

To

Reading

Matter--醉翁之意A

Service

of

Love

--愛(ài)的犧牲◆Itcommunicatestheauthor’scompassiononthepoor.◆Thepureandhonestlovebetweentheyoungcoupleeasilystrikesasympatheticchordinthereader’smind.◆InDella’s“dimeyes”andJim’ssmileliesanirrevocablesorrowthatcreatesanappealingaestheticeffect.◆Thesacredfeelingmeansanunspokenprotestagainsttheinjusticeofthesociety.TheYoung,poorpainterJohnsycontractedpneumonia,Suemakeeveryefforttotakecareofher,butshestilldidnotimprove.Johnsywouldgiveupcompletelywhenthelastleaffelltotheground.Inordertosaveher,AnotheroldartistBehrmanclimbedthewalltopainttheivyleaveinrainynight,whichhecontractedpneumoniaanddiedtwodayslater.Johnsysurvived,thelastonewaspaintedbyBehrman,becamehisfinalmasterpiece.It’saboutaNewYorkCityhobonamedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft,disorderlyconduct,and"mashing"withayoungprostitute,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolate,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanorganantheminspireshimtocleanuphislife—andisironicallychargedforloiteringandsentencedtothreemonthsinprison.3.HiswritingstyleWritingstyle?Amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.?TypicalforO.Henry'sstoriesisatwistofplotwhichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance.?Inhisworks,O.Henrypresentsthepanoramaofthe

Americanpeopletoreaderswithironicandhumoroustone.Characteristicsoflanguage?Inwritingstyle,O.Henryusesthecivilianlanguage,thereforereaderscaneasilyunderstandwhathewantstoexpress.Anothercharacteristicofhislanguageisimplicative.Hissenseofhumorexpressesindirectly.Readerscanstillrecallafterreading.1TheWritingStyleCharacteristicsoflanguage?O.Henryusesalargenumberofrhetoricinhisnovels,suchassimile(明喻),metaphor(暗喻)andirony(諷刺).Itmakesreadersexperiencehissenseofhumorvividly.2Therhetoric(修辭法)Characteristicsoflanguage?Inplot,O.Henry’snovelsdevelopfastandintheendsuddenlyappearanunexpectedending.Theso-called“O.Henry-typeending”usuallyrefersthatattheendofthenovelsuddenlythecharacter’smindchangesinanunexpectedsituation,orthefateofthemaincharacterreversessharply,theresultisunexpected,butreasonable,inlinewiththerealityoflife,resultinginauniqueartisticcharm.3.Theplot4.HisinfluenceInfluenceThefatherofmodernAmericanshortstories現(xiàn)代美國(guó)短篇故事之父Americanlifehumorencyclopedia美國(guó)生活的幽默百科全書(shū)ShortprosewriterlaureateasManhattan曼哈頓桂冠散文作家InfluenceIn1918theO.HenryMemorialAwards（歐·亨利紀(jì)念獎(jiǎng)）were

establishedtobegivenannuallytothebestmagazinestories,thewinnersandleading