美国文学 欧亨利_O_Henry1.ppt

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1、OHenryO.Henry欧•亨利ThefamousAmericancriticalrealistwriter美国著名批判现实主义作家Oneofthethreegreatmastersofshortstoriesoftheworld(othersare:AntonChekhov契诃夫，GuydeMaupassant莫泊桑).世界三大短篇小说巨匠之一。ManhattanlaureateprosewriterandthefatherofmodernAmericanshortstories.曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。“EncyclopediaofAmericanlifewi

2、thhumor”.美国生活的幽默百科全书NameofO.HenryPenname:O.HenryAnotherpenname:OlivierHenryHisprimitivename:WilliamsSydneyPorter原名：威廉姆斯·西德尼·波特LifeofO.Henry.1.BornedinNorthCarolinain1862;hisfatherwasaphysician（内科医生）.•2.Receivedlittleeducation.Heleftschoolat15yearsold,buthewasanavidreader.•3.Richinworkingex

3、periences.Hedidavarietyofjobssuchasclerk,bookkeeper,reporter.•4.Accusedofstealingin1894andcapturedin1897.Hewassentencedto5yearsimprisonment.Atthisperiod,hebagantowriteandbecamesuccessfulinwriting.Buthewroteforbread.LifeofO.HenryHislastyearswastragicasaresultofalcoholism,financialproblem,andpoor

4、health.Hediedofcirrhosis（肝硬化）oftheliveronJune5,1910,inNewYork.Hewas48yearsoldwhenhedead.Threesubjectmatters1)TheUnitedStateswesternlife（西部生活）2)LatinAmericanlife（拉美生活）3)urbansubject（大都市生活）threemajornovelsreflectthesubjectmatters:Theheartofthewest（西部之心）:describingthewesterngrasslandsandcowherdpeo

5、plelive----描写西部草原生活cabbagesandkings（白菜与国王）:CentralAmerica----中美洲Fourmillion（四百万）:thecitylife,especiallyNewYorklife----城市生活，特别是纽约生活SettingMostofstoriestookplaceintheearly20thcentureinNewYork,especiallyinManhattan.Heisconcernedaboutlowerclasspeople,andmostofhisworksfocusontheordinarypaopleinanurb

6、anbackground.Writingtechnique1.Humorous：幽默2.Realistic：写实3.OHenry’sTwistingEnd：欧亨利式结尾1.Humorous：幽默HumorisoneofAmericanliterarytraditions.O.Henryinheritedthistradition,andwasinfluencedbythecontemporarywriters.Moreover,hisownunusualexperiencescontributetohisuniquesenseofhumorcalled"tearfulsmile"-f

7、illedwithbitterlaughter,exaggeration,irony.2.RealistictechniqueHisdescriptionisalwayslivelyandvivid.Manyofhisstoriescontainagreatdealofslang（俚语）andcolloquial（通俗的）expressionthatmadethemhardtobeunderstoodbypeopleoutsideofAmerican.Th