An Analysis of Humorous Techniques of Expression in O. Henry’s Short Novels

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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