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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(shuō)家之一,歐·亨利與契訶夫和莫泊桑齊名。他是美國(guó)藝術(shù)構(gòu)思
7、、出其不意的結(jié)尾而著稱。其中歌頌人性的小說(shuō)是歐·亨利文學(xué)創(chuàng)作的主流,并且許多作品已成為家喻戶曉的名篇。同時(shí)涌現(xiàn)出許多感人至深的經(jīng)典人物。表現(xiàn)了作家對(duì)人性理想的執(zhí)著追求。本文從歐·亨利短篇小說(shuō)的藝術(shù)結(jié)尾與人性層面分析。作者運(yùn)用了幽默、諷刺的喜劇手段揭示了關(guān)于善惡的人性主題及其出奇不意的結(jié)尾,讓主題升華。第一部分,從藝術(shù)結(jié)尾中折射的人性特點(diǎn)出發(fā)。歐·亨利同情下層人民,贊頌人性的閃光點(diǎn)“自我犧牲”、善良、真摯、無(wú)私等美德，以及人性的丑陋一面。還有資本主義社會(huì)所特有的自私、貪婪、冷酷等。這些為藝術(shù)結(jié)尾作了鋪墊,使讀者被其出奇不意的結(jié)尾所震撼,同時(shí)其結(jié)
8、尾在情理之中。第二部分,作者如何將藝術(shù)結(jié)尾表現(xiàn)在人性上,從兩方面入手:社會(huì)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(huì),人物具有典型的性格特征,這些都預(yù)
