black humor in o. henry's novels

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1、BlackhumorinO.Henry'snovels　　Abstract：BlackhumorisakindofliterarystyleroseinAmericanandO.Henry'snovelsusedittoexpressthesatiretosocietyandshowthesympathytothelowerclass.ThemosttypicalworkscontainblackhumortwoareTheCopandtheAnthemandTheGiftoftheMagi.Byusingblackhumor，h

2、ecreatedhisuniqueendings.Thisarticleistryingtoanalysistheuseofblackhumorinhisnovelsandtheeffect.　　Keywords：Blackhumor；O.Henry；Novel　　中图分类号：G648文献标识码：B文章编号：1672-1578（2013）07-0001-01　　1.BriefintroductiontoO.Henry　　O.HenryisafamousAmericanwriter.Heisthetopthreeofshortnov

3、elwritings.Hedidalotofjobsforexample；hewaspharmacist，librarianandTracer.Therewereanothertimeheworkedinbankbutwasputintoprisonthen.Heisfamousforhistwisterendingofthenovels.HebelongstotheperiodofAmericanrealismandmanyofhisstoriestellaboutthelivesofpoorpeopleinNowYork，as

4、wellasinotherplaces.Hisstoriesareusuallyshort.Theplotsareexceedinglycleverandinteresting；humor7abounds，andtheendisalwayssurprising.　　Itishisseriousintentiontoexposeandcriticizethepoverty，injusticeandhypocrisy.Hemadehisnovelstheinstrumentsofmoralityandjustice.Heisveryd

5、ifferentfromThackeraywhoalsoattacksthedarknessofthesociety.Thackeraysatirizedthesocietybydescribingthewholearistocracy.Hebelievedthathumanbornwithevilandeventhewholesocietywouldgodown.O.Henrywrotepeoplewholiveamiserablelifebutfinallytheywerenotinhopelesssituation.　　2.

6、ThebackgroundofthesocietyO.Henrylived.　　O.Henrylivedinthesocietywhichjustrecoveredfromwarsandpeopleallheldmoneyworships.Americawasacountrywhichpoorpeoplelivearealmiserablelifewhilerichpeoplelivealuxuriouslife.Thereisasharpcontrastbetweenthesetwosidesofthesociety.Thelo

7、werclasshasnopowerandtheycannotdecidetheirowndestiny.Itisdifferentfromnowadays'Americanwhichisasocietyadvocatedemocracy，justiceandequality.　　Hehimselfexperiencedalotespeciallywhenhewasputintoprison.Awriterwritesbaseonhisonexperiencesandhisunderstandingtowardslife.Heli

8、vedapoorlifesoheunderstoodtheinjusticeofthesociety.Hewroteallthesethingsinhisnovels.Allthoseplotsmakeuslaughbutalsotheymakeu