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1、ThetwistendingandthehumanityofcharactersinO.Henry’sshortstoriesAbstractO.Henry,oneofthethreemostfamousshort-storywritersintheworld,enjoysequalstatuswithChekhovandMaupassant.Somecriticscalledhim“thefounderofAmericanstories.”Exquisiteplot,wryhumorandtwistendingdominatehiswork
2、s.Themainstreamofhisworksiseulogyofhumanityandhismanyclassicalworksarenotable.ThisthesismainlyanalysesthetwistendingandthehumanityofcharactersinO.Henry’sshortstories.Withhishumorous,ironicalandcomicwritingstyle,O.Henryrevealsthehumanityfromthetwistending.Partoneisonthehuman
3、ityofcharactersreflectedfromthetwistending.O.Henryshowssympathyforthepoorsocialunderdogs,upgradeshumanvirtuesaswellasexposeshumandefeats.However,theprevioushumannatureelicitsthesuddentwistending.Itnotonlygivesthereaderssuddenfallbutalsomakesusthinkplausibly.Parttwoisontheef
4、fectoftwistendingwritingdevicesonthehumanityofcharacters.Itmainlycontainsthewritingbackgroundofendingwhichlightsupthehumanityofcharactersandtheplotmakingtechniqueoftwistending.Inacapitalistsociety,thespecificcharactersarethespecialsociety.Theyalsoforetellthefateending.Furth
5、ermore,thecultivationoftheplotandthesurpriseendinggivesusanewopensight.Partthreeisaboutsomecommentsonthetwistending.Somecriticsconsideredwryhumoras“SmilewithTears,”or“TearswithSmile.”Thispartelevatesthecharmofthetheme.Inaword,thetwistendingdirectsreaderstothinkaboutthehuman
6、ity.Meanwhile,thehumanityelevatestheartistictwistending.ThisthesisonO.Henry’sshortstorieswillimproveliterarylearning.MorethanthatitwillattractmorepeopletopayattentiontoO.Henry’sworks.Keywords:Twistending;Humanity;Wryhumor;Smilewithtear中文摘要作为世界三大小说家之一,欧·亨利与契诃夫和莫泊桑齐名。他是美国艺术构思
7、、出其不意的结尾而著称。其中歌颂人性的小说是欧·亨利文学创作的主流,并且许多作品已成为家喻户晓的名篇。同时涌现出许多感人至深的经典人物。表现了作家对人性理想的执著追求。本文从欧·亨利短篇小说的艺术结尾与人性层面分析。作者运用了幽默、讽刺的喜剧手段揭示了关于善恶的人性主题及其出奇不意的结尾,让主题升华。第一部分,从艺术结尾中折射的人性特点出发。欧·亨利同情下层人民,赞颂人性的闪光点“自我牺牲”、善良、真挚、无私等美德，以及人性的丑陋一面。还有资本主义社会所特有的自私、贪婪、冷酷等。这些为艺术结尾作了铺垫,使读者被其出奇不意的结尾所震撼,同时其结
8、尾在情理之中。第二部分,作者如何将艺术结尾表现在人性上,从两方面入手:社会背景所反映的人性特征和作者奇巧的谋篇布局。在资本主义社会,人物具有典型的性格特征,这些都预
