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1、LaughterinTears—ThePatheticFateofO.Henry’sCharacters摘要:批評家對作為一名短篇小說大師的歐·亨利作品的評論主要集中在其人性的主題,生動的情節(jié),頻繁的巧合,出人意料的結尾以及幽默的語言等方面。本文重點研究歐·亨利作品中的“笑中帶淚”這一寫作手法,通過分析其作品的主題與語言特征,結合歐·亨利的真實人生經歷來分析其采用此種寫作手法以及其筆下人物悲劇命運的原因。關鍵詞:歐·亨利;寫作手法;人性主題Abstract:Asamasteroftheshortstory,criti
2、cscommentonO?Henry’sworksmainlyfocusedonthethemeofhumanity,respectvividplot,frequentcoincidence,humorandunexpectedendinglanguage.ThispaperfocusesonO?HenryWorks’writingstyleof“l(fā)aughterintears”,byanalyzingthethemeandlanguagefeaturesinhiswork,combinedwiththeO?Henr
3、y'sreallifeexperiencestoanalyzetheuseofsuchtechniquesandthecauseofthepatheticfateofcharacters.Keyword:O?Henry;Writingtechniques;Themeofhumanity1、IntroductionO.Henry,asthefamousAmericanshortnovelistin20thandtheoriginatorofAmericanmodernshortnovel,hasbeenregarded
4、asoneofthreemastersofshortnovelswithFrenchMaupassantandRussianChekhov.Whenstillyoung,hefocusedallhismindtobeapainter,whileundertheencouragementofhiswife,hebegantowork.Later,hegotintoprisonduetotheaccountsproblemswhenhewasworkinginthebank.Then,hepublishedagreatd
5、ealofshortnovelswhichraisedwideattention.Hewrotenearly300shortnovelsandanovel.HisworksarefeaturedwiththeexpressingAmericanmiddleandlowerclasslife,humorouslanguagesandsurprisedend.1.1O.Henry’sLifeO.Henry(1862—1910),whoseoriginalnamewasWilliamSydneyPorter,wasoneo
6、fthethreemostfamousshortstorywritersintheworldandthefoundersofAmericanmodernshortstory.InordertocarryforwardthefinetraditionofO.Henry’sworks,theO.HenryMemorialAwardhasbeenpresentedsince1918forthebestshortstoriespublishedeveryyear.O.Henryisalegendarypersonwhosel
7、ifeisfilledwithtwistsandturns.In1962,hewasborninasmalltownnamedGreensboso,NorthCarolina,theUnitedStates.Hisfatherwasadoctor,andhismotherwhowasgiftedwithliteraturediedwhenhewasonlythreeyearsold.ThenO.Henrymovedtohisgrandma’swithhisfatherandspenthischildhoodinAun
8、tLina’sprivateschool.Therehelearntwriting,drawing.Atthesametime,hereadlotsoffamousGreek,RomanandEnglishworks.Thus,hisinterestinliteraturewascultivatedforthefirsttime.However