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1、ThetwistendingandthehumanityofcharactersinO.Henry’sshortstoriesAbstractO.Henry,oneofthethreemostfamousshort-storywritersintheworld,enjoysequalstatuswithChekhovandMaupassant.Somecriticscalledhim“thefounderofAmericanstories.”Exquisiteplot,wryhumorandtwistendingdominatehiswork
2、s.Themainstreamofhisworksiseulogyofhumanityandhismanyclassicalworksarenotable.ThisthesismainlyanalysesthetwistendingandthehumanityofcharactersinO.Henry’sshortstories.Withhishumorous,ironicalandcomicwritingstyle,O.Henryrevealsthehumanityfromthetwistending.Partoneisonthehuman
3、ityofcharactersreflectedfromthetwistending.O.Henryshowssympathyforthepoorsocialunderdogs,upgradeshumanvirtuesaswellasexposeshumandefeats.However,theprevioushumannatureelicitsthesuddentwistending.Itnotonlygivesthereaderssuddenfallbutalsomakesusthinkplausibly.Parttwoisontheef
4、fectoftwistendingwritingdevicesonthehumanityofcharacters.Itmainlycontainsthewritingbackgroundofendingwhichlightsupthehumanityofcharactersandtheplotmakingtechniqueoftwistending.Inacapitalistsociety,thespecificcharactersarethespecialsociety.Theyalsoforetellthefateending.Furth
5、ermore,thecultivationoftheplotandthesurpriseendinggivesusanewopensight.Partthreeisaboutsomecommentsonthetwistending.Somecriticsconsideredwryhumoras“SmilewithTears,”or“TearswithSmile.”Thispartelevatesthecharmofthetheme.Inaword,thetwistendingdirectsreaderstothinkaboutthehuman
6、ity.Meanwhile,thehumanityelevatestheartistictwistending.ThisthesisonO.Henry’sshortstorieswillimproveliterarylearning.MorethanthatitwillattractmorepeopletopayattentiontoO.Henry’sworks.Keywords:Twistending;Humanity;Wryhumor;Smilewithtear中文摘要作為世界三大小說家之一,歐·亨利與契訶夫和莫泊桑齊名。他是美國藝術構思
7、、出其不意的結尾而著稱。其中歌頌人性的小說是歐·亨利文學創(chuàng)作的主流,并且許多作品已成為家喻戶曉的名篇。同時涌現出許多感人至深的經典人物。表現了作家對人性理想的執(zhí)著追求。本文從歐·亨利短篇小說的藝術結尾與人性層面分析。作者運用了幽默、諷刺的喜劇手段揭示了關于善惡的人性主題及其出奇不意的結尾,讓主題升華。第一部分,從藝術結尾中折射的人性特點出發(fā)。歐·亨利同情下層人民,贊頌人性的閃光點“自我犧牲”、善良、真摯、無私等美德,以及人性的丑陋一面。還有資本主義社會所特有的自私、貪婪、冷酷等。這些為藝術結尾作了鋪墊,使讀者被其出奇不意的結尾所震撼,同時其結
8、尾在情理之中。第二部分,作者如何將藝術結尾表現在人性上,從兩方面入手:社會背景所反映的人性特征和作者奇巧的謀篇布局。在資本主義社會,人物具有典型的性格特征,這些都預