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1、论欧亨利短篇小说中幽默技巧的表达AnAnalysisofHumorousTechniquesofExpressioninO.Henry’sShortNovelsIIIContentsContentsIAbstractII中文摘要IIIIntroduction11SurpriseEndings21.1SurpriseEffectAchievedthroughAttemptstoMislead21.2SurpriseEffectAchievedthroughShiftingoftheAngleofNarration41.3TheFunctionofSurpriseEndings62VividLa
2、nguage72.1Metaphor72.2Simile82.3Overstatement92.4Irony103PortrayaloftheCharacters123.1Appearanceandpsychologicaldescriptionofthecharacters123.2Dialoguedescriptionofthecharacters133.3Contrastofcharacters13Conclusion15Reference16Acknowledgements17IIIAbstractO.Henry,oneofthethreemostfamousshort-storyw
3、ritersintheworld,enjoysequalstatuswithChekhovandMaupassant.Hisshortstoriesarefamousforitsunexpectedending,aswellastheirexquisiteconception.ThefigureswrittenbyhimarefullofdelightoflifesoHenrywaspraisedasthe“HumorousencyclopediaofAmericanlife”.HumorisoneofthemostimportantfeaturesofO.Henryandanalyzing
4、itisveryuseful.Itisnotonlypracticaltounderstandthewritingtechniquesoftheauthorbutalsohelpfulforthereaderstofeelthehiddenmeaningbehindthehumor.“Twistending”isthemostoutstandingmethodtoachievetheeffectofhumor.Itismainlyacquiredthroughattemptstomisleadandshiftingoftheangleofnarration.O.Henry’sshortnov
5、elsaboundwithmetaphor,simile,overstatement,ironyandothertechniques,whichcanmakethestoriescolorfulandglistening.Atthesametime,portrayalofthefiguresisnecessarybesidesthedelicateplotandfunnylanguage.Thefigures,truetolife,enablethestoriestobecomevividandclosetoreallife.Sothewritherofthisthesismainlyfoc
6、usontheending,language,andtheportrayalofthefigurestodiscussthehumoroustechniquesofexpressioninO.Henry’sshortnovelsthroughanalyzingsomeofhisfamousworkssothatthereaderscanunderstandthewritingaimsoftheauthorandenjoythecharmofthestories.Keywords:O.Henry,shortnovels,humor,humoroustechniquesofexpressionI
7、II中文摘要作为世界三大小说家之一,欧·亨利与契诃夫,莫泊桑齐名。他的作品因其奇巧的艺术构思,出其不意的结尾而著称。他语言诙谐,描写的人物富有生活情趣,因此被誉为“美国生活的幽默百科全书”。幽默是欧·亨利短篇小说的一大特点,分析其表现手法不但可以了解作者的写作方法,也能帮助读者感受幽默背后隐藏的意义。“欧·亨利式结尾”是达到幽默效果的最突出的方法。它主要通过误导读者和转换叙事角度来达到此效果的。欧·亨利的小说
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