欧亨利小说的结构艺术特色.doc

苏州大学本科生毕业论文苏州大学应用技术学院2008级学士学位论文A Study of Structural ArtIn O. Henry’s Short Stories简析欧亨利短篇小说中的结构艺术专业：08英语学号：0816420053姓名：周俊导师：房红梅2011.12.10Acknowledgements 摘 要欧亨利是美国最著名的短篇小说家之一，曾被评论界誉为美国现代短篇小说之父他善于戏剧性的设计情节，做好铺垫，最后在结尾处让人物命运陡然逆转，从而形成独特的艺术魅力近些年来有不少关于欧亨利小说的探索研究，但多关是于欧亨利小说语言的幽默和小说的结尾，这样不免过于片面本次论文主要通过概述了美国短篇小说的一些特色，与前人对于欧亨利小说结构内容编排的研究再通过分别列举欧亨利著名小说中的经典片段研究欧亨利小说中的独树一帜的开头与小说那些出人意料的戏剧性结尾，还有欧亨利小说中从头至尾的双线结构艺术主要通过这三方面的论述欧亨利小说的结构特色关键词：欧亨利；结构艺术；双线索AbstractO．Henry, one of the most famous short story writers in the world, has been known as the father of the modern American short stories. He is good at designing plot theatrically, lays down the foreshadowing, and finally shows the unexpected endings which make the readers suddenly see the light, joy after sorrow. Processing novel ending is O．Henrys most creative contribution, thus cause him to enjoy the great reputation in American and in the world history of literature. O．Henry is a unique artist of short stories. In recent years, there are many researches about O．Henrys short stories, but most of them are based on the humor language and the endings of his works. But it is too one-sided. This thesis mainly analyze the fiction structure art of O．Henry. The thesis is divided into 6 chapters. The first chapter is an introduction of O. Henry. The second part is the literature review. The third chapter is an analysis of the diversified openings of O．Henrys works: opening with description; opening with comment; opening with allusion. The fourth part is about the unexpected endings, also from three aspects: happy ending; ridiculous ending; sorrowful ending. The fifth part is the dual-clue structure. The sixth part is the two clues crossed more than twice and two clues crossed once. The final chapter is the conclusion.Key Words: diversified openings; unexpected endings; dual-clueContentChapter 1 Introduction 11.1 Significance of the Study 11.2 Structure of the Thesis 1Chapter 2 Literature Review 32.1 The Overview of Short Stories 32.2 The Plot in O. Henry’s Novels 4Chapter 3 The Diversified Openings 63.1 Opening with Description 63.2 Opening with Comment 73.3 Opening with Allusion 8Chapter 4 The Unexpected Endings 94.1 The Happy Ending 94.2 The Ridiculous Ending 104.3 The Sorrowful Ending 10Chapter 5 The Dual-clue Structure 125.1 The Two Clues Crossed More than Twice 125.2 The Two Clues Crossed Once 13Chapter 6 Conclusion 14Appendix 15 16Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Significance of the StudyO．Henry, one of the most famous short story writers in the world, enjoys the equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. He is known as the father of American contemporary short stories. Some critics are not so enthusiastic about his works, but the public love them very much. O．Henry is a prolific American short story writer, a master of surprise endings. Processing novel ending is O．Henrys most creative contribution, which made him enjoy the great reputation in American history of literature. Many critics in America and other countries comment on O．Henry and his work respectfully. People speak highly of the ingenious arrangement of his works, the typical characters and plots, and the critical implications of his works. Critics often regard him as a writer who puts moral judgment and social criticism into his unique style with humor, satire, burlesque and obvious comic inclination.There are many comments on O. Henry and his works. Opinions on O．Henrys works from the aspects of theme, tone, object of vision, and plot to that of language and style were all found. The comment on various aspects of O．Henrys works are quite essential and necessary for us to understand the writer and his works.Like his endings, O．Henrys openings are very outstanding. O．Henrys short stories have diversified openings. In O．Henrys works, the openings and endings are mainly the following types, opening with description, opening with comment, opening with allusion and surprise endings, ridiculous endings and sorrowful endings. The dual-clue structure is also an interesting element in O. Henry’s works.By studying some most famous stories of O. Henry’s, the thesis attempt to provide a new and more objective interpretation of O. Henry and explore his unique writing style. 1.2 Structure of the ThesisThe thesis consists of 6 chapters. The first chapter makes a general introduction to O. Henry, points out the necessity for the study, and further clarifies the aims and significance and structure of the thesis. Chapter 2 presents the overview of American short stories and some other’s study of O. Henry’s works. Chapter 3 is mainly about the analysis of the O. Henry’s diversified Openings.In Chapter 4, I will study the O Henry’s unique endings, which will divide into 3 parts. The dual-clue structure analysis is in Chapter 5. The final chapter 。