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1、O.HenryⅠ.ABriefIntroductionⅡ.LifeⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleⅣ.Plot--ARetrievedReformationBornWilliamSidneyPorter September11,1862 Greensboro,NorthCarolinaDiedJune5,1910 (aged 47) NewYorkCityNameWilliamSydneyPorterPenNameO.Henry,OlivierHenry,OliverHenryOccupationWriterNationalityAmericanⅠ.ABRIEFINTRO
2、DUCTIONInfluence"ThefatherofthemodernAmericanshortstory”Americanlifehumorencyclopedia美国生活的幽默百科全书ShortprosewriterlaureateasManhattan曼哈顿桂冠散文作家ThethreeshortstorywritersoftheworldGuy·de·Maupassant居伊·德·莫泊桑Antonchekhov契诃夫O.Henry欧亨利--themostpopularandwidelyknownAmericanshortstorywriterofthetwentiethcentury
3、.--Thehighlyironic,sentimentalorunexpectedstoryconclusionhasbeencloselyidentifiedwithO.Henrysothathisnamehasbecomesynonymouswiththefictionofthiskind.--HewascommonlyregardedasmodernAmericanmasteroftheshortstoryform.Hisworkswereconsideredasmodelsofgenreandhisshortstorytechniquesweretaughtincollegewrit
4、ingcourse.--O.Henry’sMemorialAwardPrizeⅡ.LIFE--Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.--Whenhewaseighteenyearsoldbecauseofhisbody,hewenttoTexas.--In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach,theyhadonedaughterandoneson.--Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlement(挪用)chargesandsentencedtofiveyearsi
5、nanOhioprison.--Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.--HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.--HediedonJune5,1910inNewYork
6、Cityattheageoffortyseven.Ⅲ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleO.Henry'sstoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings,tothepointthatsuchanendingisoftenreferredtoasan"O.Henryending."HewascalledtheAmericananswertoGuydeMaupassant.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayful.Hisstoriesarealsowellkno
7、wnforwittynarration.MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.MajorWorksCabba
