欧亨利 英语
著名小说家欧亨利及经典作品
“这时一种精神上的 感慨油然而生，认为 人生是由啜泣、抽噎 和微笑组成的，而抽 噎占了其中绝大部 分。” (《欧·亨 利短篇小说选》)
欧·亨利（英语：O. Henry，1862年9月11日－ 1910年6月5日），有时又译奥亨利，原名威 廉·西德尼·波特（William Sydney Porter），美 国著名小说家。他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后 在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。后因在银行供职时的 账目问题而入狱，服刑期间认真写作，并以 “欧·亨利”为笔名发表了大量的短篇小说，引起 读者广泛关注。他是一位高产的作家，一生中留 下了一部长篇小说和近三百篇的短篇小说。他的 短篇小说构思精巧，风格独特，以表现美国中下 层人民的生活、语言幽默、结局出人意料（即 “欧·亨利式结尾”）而闻名于世。是世界三大短 篇小说巨匠之一（欧·亨利、莫泊桑、契诃夫）。 有“美国的莫泊桑”之称。
既然已经打定主意去岛上，苏比立刻准备实现自己的计划。 省事的办法倒也不少。最舒服的莫过于在哪家豪华的餐馆 里美美地吃上一顿，然后声明自己不名一钱，这就可以悄 悄地、安安静静地交到警察手里。其余的事，自有一位识 相的推事来料理。 苏比离开长凳，踱出广场，穿过 百老汇路和五马路汇合处那处平坦的柏油路面。他拐到百 老汇路，在一家灯火辉煌的餐馆门前停了下来，每天晚上， 这里汇集着葡萄、蚕丝与原生质的最佳制品。 苏比 对自己西服背心最低一颗纽扣以上的部分很有信心。他刮 过脸，他的上装还算过得去，他那条干干净净的活结领带 是感恩节那天一位教会里的女士送给他的。只要他能走到 餐桌边不引人生疑，那就是胜券在握了。他露出桌面的上 半身还不至于让侍者起怀疑。一只烤野鸭，苏比寻思，那 就差不离——再来一瓶夏白立酒然后是一份卡门贝干酪， 一小杯浓咖啡，再来一支雪茄烟。一块钱一支的那种也就 凑合了。总数既不会大得让饭店柜上发狠报复，这顿牙祭 又能让他去冬宫的旅途上无牵无挂，心满意足。
欧亨利介绍及其作品
➢1902年，他移居纽约，成了职业作家，创作了上百篇优秀的 短篇小说。
➢1904年，他出版了一生中唯一一部长篇小说《白菜与国王》 （Cabbages and Kings），这是一部结构松散的政治讽刺小说，有 时也被视作短篇小说集。
➢在纽约，由于大量佳作的发表，他名利双收，有时也受到记 者的采访。可他不仅挥霍无度，而且赌博，染上了他父亲的恶 习——酗酒。写作的劳累与生活的无节制使他的身体受到了严 重损伤。
出生于美国北卡罗来纳州格林 斯波罗镇一个医师家庭，三岁丧 母，之后与祖母、姑姑一起生活。
狂热的阅读者，但15岁便离开学 校。
做过许多工作，在药房当学徒， 做过会计、土地局办事员、记者。
1887年结婚，生有一儿一女。
1894年，欧·亨利花250美元买下了奥斯汀的一家周刊，将它更名 为《滚石》（也可以说他创办了《滚石》杂志），使它成为一份 幽默杂志。编辑《滚石》一年后的1895年4月，它完全失败了，于 是他将这份杂志物归了原主。接着，他们搬到了休斯顿 。1896年2 月，他受到了盗用公款的起诉，被传受审并被暂时关押。他的岳 父将他保释出狱。本来他的案路易斯安那州新奥尔良，然后又逃到了洪都 拉斯。
麦琪的礼物
在圣诞节前一天，一对小夫妻互赠礼物。 詹姆斯·迪林汉·扬 夫妇有两样东西特别
引为自豪。 一样是吉姆三代祖传的金表。 一样是德拉的头发。
如果所罗门王当了看门人，把他所有的财 富都堆在地下室里，吉姆每次经过那儿时 准会掏出他的金表看看，好让所罗门妒忌 得吹胡子瞪眼睛 。
德拉美丽的头发披散在身上，像一股褐色 的小瀑布，奔泻闪亮。头发一直垂到膝盖 底下，仿佛给她铺成了一件衣裳。
➢1907年，他跟早年时代的恋人莎拉·林德赛·科尔曼（Sarah Lindsey Coleman）结婚。他们是在欧·亨利一次回乡期间重逢的。 然而这次婚姻并未给欧·亨利带来任何幸福，反而带来更多的 不和与不快。 1908年，他与第二任妻子离婚。
欧亨利简介
欧亨利简介1. 引言欧亨利（O. Henry）原名威廉·悉尼·波特（William Sydney Porter），是美国著名的短篇小说家和作家。
他生于1862年，卒于1910年，出生于美国北卡罗来纳州。
欧亨利以其独特的文风和精彩的故事情节而闻名于世，被誉为美国短篇小说的大师之一。
本文将介绍欧亨利的生平经历和他对文学的重要贡献。
2. 生平经历欧亨利出生于美国北卡罗来纳州的一户农民家庭。
在很小的时候，他就展现出了写作天赋和对文学的浓厚兴趣。
然而，由于家境贫困，他无法接受正规的教育，而是通过自学来提高自己的知识水平。
在18岁时，欧亨利离开家乡前往德克萨斯州，开始了他的职业生涯。
他先后从事过药店店员、农场工人和画报推销员等工作。
这段时间的经历为他后来的创作提供了丰富的素材和灵感。
然而，欧亨利的职业生涯并不顺利，他曾因被控盗窃而入狱。
在狱中度过的几年时间里，他开始着手写作，并采用了笔名“欧亨利”来避免被追溯到自己的真实身份。
3. 文学贡献尽管欧亨利创作的时间并不长，但他的短篇小说作品却给人们留下了深刻的印象。
欧亨利的短篇小说通常以其出人意料的结局和精彩的故事情节而著称。
他善于运用幽默和讽刺的手法，深入探讨人性和社会问题。
欧亨利作品中的角色形象栩栩如生，他通过细腻入微的描写和独特的叙事方式，使读者在阅读过程中仿佛身临其境。
他的作品除了故事情节吸引人，还融入了对人性的深刻思考，引起了读者的共鸣。
其中，欧亨利最著名的作品之一是《礼品本》，这本以圣诞为主题的短篇小说集包含了许多经典作品，如《最后一片叶子》、《天使的脸孔》等。
这本书广受好评，被誉为美国短篇小说的经典之作。
除了《礼品本》，欧亨利的其他作品也具有艺术性和深度。
他的作品中常常揭示了社会的阴暗面和人性的复杂性，让读者对现实世界有更深入的思考。
4. 影响和评价欧亨利的作品不仅在美国，而且在世界范围内都广受欢迎。
他的独特写作风格和富有魅力的故事情节使他被视为短篇小说领域的杰出作家。
欧亨利
O.HenryPen name : O.Henry笔名：欧.亨利Another pen name :Olivier Henry 奥利维尔.亨利His primitive name : Williams Sydney Porter原名：威廉姆斯·西德尼·波特O. Henry (1862-1910)He was a prolific American short-story writer, amaster of surprise endings, who wrote about thelife of ordinary people in New York City. Henrywas known as a good end, it was called “O•Henry-end”. Although some critics were not soenthusiastic about his work, the public loved it.He was called Prose Laureate of Manhattan andFather of short stories.He is one of three short story master in theworld.(O. Henry , Maupassant, Chekhov)◆创作丰富的美国短篇小说作家，主要描写纽约平民的生活，市民非常喜欢他。
◆以“欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。
◆曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。
◆世界三大短篇小说大师之一。
（欧·亨利、莫泊桑、契诃夫）The Romance of a Busy Broker 证券经纪人的浪漫故事The Gift of Magi 麦琪的礼物The Last Leaf 最后一片叶子A Cosmopolite in a Café 咖啡馆里的世界公民Mammon and the Archer 财神和爱神The Furnished Room 带家具出租的房间The Cop and the Anthem 警察和赞美诗The Ransom of Red Chief红色酋长的救赎It’s about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so he can avoid sleepingin the cold winter as a guest of the city jail. Despite efforts at petty theft, disorderly conduct, and "mashing" with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolate, he pauses in front of a church, where an organ anthem inspires him to clean up his life —and is ironically charged for loitering and sentenced to three months in prison.Background&Meaning•When western realistic literature bagan to decline ,the reality of the social profound changes in United States (Civil War)caused by the change of the United States of literature,which is the rise anddevelopment of realism.•It appeared in the United State of America increasingly decadent capitalist stage,from freecapitalist transition to the era of imperialism.•When the gap between the rich and the poor opposed,class contradiction growed discontent.•西欧批判现实主义文学衰落的时候，美国现实社会的深刻变化（南北战争之后）引起文学的变化，这就是现实主义的兴起和发展。
欧亨利的英文ppt-OHenry
Major works
"The Cop and the Anthem" about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and "mashing" with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolate, he pauses in front of a church, where an organ anthem inspires him to clean up his life—and is ironically charged for loitering and sentenced to three months in prison.
writing style
• His stories usually deal with some self-sacrificing members of a family who is undergoing hardship to help a close relative.
• Although his plot is full of coincidence, the surprise ending is his specialty and appeals very much to the reader.
高中英语Unit10 American literature文章 欧·亨利人教版第三册.doc
欧·亨利欧·亨利（1862—1910）是美国小说家，原名威廉·西德尼·波特，生于北卡罗莱纳州一个医生家庭。
少年时代，他当过学徒、牧童；后又做过会计、制图员和银行出纳等工作。
他创办过周刊《滚石》，担任过《休斯顿邮报》专栏作者，还曾因故入狱，并因此而接触了形形色色的人们。
获释后，他开始在纽约从事创作，以笔名欧·亨利发表短篇小说。
欧·亨利共创作了三百多篇短篇小说，分别收入《白菜与国王》（1904）、《四百万》（1906）、《西部之心》（1907）、《市声》（1908）和《滚石》（1913）等集子，其中以描写曼哈顿市民生活的作品最为著名。
欧·亨利（1862—1910）是美国小说家，原名威廉·西德尼·波特，生于北卡罗莱纳州一个医生家庭。
少年时代，他当过学徒、牧童；后又做过会计、制图员和银行出纳等工作。
他创办过周刊《滚石》，担任过《休斯顿邮报》专栏作者，还曾因故入狱，并因此而接触了形形色色的人们。
获释后，他开始在纽约从事创作，以笔名欧·亨利发表短篇小说。
欧·亨利共创作了三百多篇短篇小说，分别收入《白菜与国王》（1904）、《四百万》（1906）、《西部之心》（1907）、《市声》（1908）和《滚石》（1913）等集子，其中以描写曼哈顿市民生活的作品最为著名。
其中《最后一片藤叶》、《带家具的房间》、《警察与赞美诗》和《麦琪的礼物》等都是脍炙人口的短篇小说。
欧·亨利创作风格独特，善于捕捉生活中令人啼笑皆非而富有哲理的戏剧性场景。
笔触简洁而形象生动。
他注重小说情节，故事发展节奏较快，常常出现出人意料的结局。
他擅长使用双关语、谐音和讹音，作品充满活力与幽默。
欧亨利的英文ppt OHenry
writing style
• His stories usually deal with some self-sacrificing members of a family who is undergoing hardship to help a close relative. • Although his plot is full of coincidence, the surprise ending is his specialty and appeals very much to the reader. • His stories illustrate Henry’s style in various aspects: original conception exaggeration, simile and metaphor, humor, and surprise ending. • Wit, irony, cleverness, individuality and local color are also traditional earmarks of the typical O ’ Henry story.
Major works
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Last Leave‖The Young, poor
painter Johnsy contracted pneumonia. Johnsy would give up completely when the last leaf fell to the ground. In order to save her ,another old artist Behrman climbed the wall to paint the ivy leave in a rainy night, which he contracted pneumonia and died two days later. Johnsy survived ,and the last leaf was painted by Behrman, became his final masterpiece.
O.Henry欧亨利的英文介绍资料
O. Henry.William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clevertwist endings.Early lifeWilliam Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). They were married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.[2]Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.Move to TexasPorter in Austin as a young manPorter traveled with Dr. James K. Hall to Texas in March 1882, hoping that a change of air would help alleviate a persistent cough he had developed. He took up residence on the sheep ranch of Richard Hall, James' son, in La Salle County and helped out as a shepherd, ranch hand, cook and baby-sitter. While on the ranch, he learned bitsof Spanish and German from the mix of immigrant ranch hands. He also spent time reading classic literature. Porter's health did improve and he traveled with Richardto Austin in 1884, where he decided to remain and was welcomed into the home of the Harrells, who were friends of Richard's. Porter took a number of different jobs over the next several years, first as pharmacist then as adraftsman, bankteller and journalist. He also began writing as a sideline.Porter led an active social life in Austin, including membership in singing and drama groups. He was a good singer and musician. He played both the guitar andmandolin. He became a member of the "Hill City Quartet," a group of young men who sang at gatherings and serenaded young women of the town. Porter met and begancourting Athol Estes, then seventeen years old and from a wealthy family. Her mother objected to the match because Athol was ill, suffering from tuberculosis. On July 1, 1887, Porter eloped with Athol to the home of Reverend R. K. Smoot, where they were married.Porter family in early 1890s—Athol, daughter Margaret, WilliamThe couple continued to participate in musical and theater groups, and Athol encouraged her husband to pursue his writing. Athol gave birth to a son in 1888, who died hours after birth, and then a daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, in September 1889. Porter's friend Richard Hall became Texas Land Commissioner and offered Porter a job. Porter started as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in 1887 at a salary of $100 a month, drawing maps from surveys andfield notes. The salary was enough to support his family, but he continued his contributions to magazines and newspapers.Porter as a clerk at the First National Bank, AustinIn the GLO building, he began developing characters and plots for such stories as "Georgia's Ruling" (1900), and "Buried Treasure" (1908). The castle-like building he worked in was even woven into some of his tales such as "Bexar Scrip No. 2692" (1894).His job at the GLO was a political appointment by Hall. Hall ran for governor in the election of 1890 but lost. Porter resigned in early 1891 when the new governor, Jim Hogg, was sworn in.The same year, Porter began working at the First National Bank of Austin as a teller and bookkeeper at the same salary he had made at the GLO. The bank was operated informally and Porter was apparently careless in keeping his books and may have embezzled funds. In 1894, he was accused by the bank of embezzlement and lost his job but was not indicted.He then worked full-time on his humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone, which he started while working at the bank. The Rolling Stone featured satire on life, peopleand politics and included Porter's short stories and sketches. Although eventually reaching a top circulation of 1500, The Rolling Stone failed in April 1895 since the paper never provided an adequate income. However, his writing and drawings had caught the attention of the editor at the Houston Post.Porter and his family moved to Houston in 1895, where he started writing for the Post. His salary was only $25 a month, but it rose steadily as his popularity increased. Porter gathered ideas for his column by loitering in hotel lobbies and observing and talking to people there. This was a technique he used throughout his writing career.While he was in Houston, the First National Bank of Austin was audited by federal auditors and they found the embezzlement shortages that had led to his firing. A federal indictment followed and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement.Flight and returnPorter in his 30sPorter's father-in-law posted bail to keep him out of jail. He was due to stand trial on July 7, 1896, but the day before, as he was changing trains to get to the courthouse, an impulse hit him. He fled, first to New Orleansand later to Honduras. While holed upin a Trujillo hotel for several months, he wrote Cabbages and Kings, in which he coined the term "banana republic" to describe the country, a phrase subsequently used widely to describe a small, unstable tropical nation in Latin America with a narrowly focused, agrarian economy.[3] Porter had sent Athol and Margaret back to Austin to live with Athol's parents. Unfortunately, Athol became too ill to meet Porter in Honduras as Porter had planned. When he learned that his wife was dying, Porter returned to Austin in February 1897 and surrendered to the court, pending an appeal. Once again, Porter's father-in-law posted bail so Porter could stay with Athol and Margaret.Athol Estes Porter died on July 25, 1897, from tuberculosis (then known as consumption). Porter, having little to say in his own defense, was found guilty of embezzlement in February 1898, sentenced to five years in prison, and imprisoned on March 25, 1898 at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. While in prison, Porter, as a licensed pharmacist, worked in the prison hospital as the night druggist. Porter was given his own room in the hospital wing, and there is no record that he actually spent time in the cell block of the prison. He had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms while he was in prison, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry", a pseudonym that first appeared over the story "Whistling Dick's ChristmasStocking" in the December 1899 issue of McClure's Magazine. A friend of his in New Orleans would forward his stories to publishers, so they had no idea the writer was imprisoned. Porter was released on July 24, 1901, for good behavior after serving three years. Porter reunited with his daughter Margaret, now age 11, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Athol's parents had moved after Porter's conviction. Margaret was never told that her father had been in prison—just that he had been away on business.Later lifePorter's most prolific writing period started in 1902, when he moved to New York City to be near his publishers. While there, he wrote 381 short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. His wit, characterization, and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by critics. Porter married again in 1907, to childhood sweetheart Sarah (Sallie) Lindsey Coleman, whom he met again after revisiting his native state of North Carolina.Porter was a heavy drinker, and his health deteriorated markedly in 1908, which affected his writing. In 1909, Sarah left him, and he died on June 5, 1910, of cirrhosis of the liver, complications of diabetes, and anenlarged heart. After funeral services in New York City, he was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. His daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, who died in 1927, was buried next to her father.StoriesPortrait of Porter from frontispiece in his collection of short stories Waifs and Strays O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Both authors wrote plot twist endings, but O. Henry stories were much more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc.O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming thecattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is containedin Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.Cabbages and Kings was his first collection of stories, followed by The Four Million. The second collection opens with a reference to Ward McAllister's "assertion that there were only 'Four Hundred' people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen—the census taker—and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the 'Four Million.'" To O. Henry, everyone in New York counted.He had an obvious affection for the city, which he called"Bagdad-on-the-Subway,"[4] and many of his stories are set there—while others are set in small towns or in other cities.Among his most famous stories are:•"The Gift of the Magi" about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair. Theessential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, andotherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written.••"The Ransom of Red Chief", in which two men kidnap a boy of ten. The boy turns out to be so bratty and obnoxious that the desperate men ultimately pay the boy's father $250 to take him back.•"The Cop and the Anthem" about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and "mashing" with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police. Disconsolate, he pauses in front of a church, where an organ antheminspires him to clean up his life—and is ironically charged for loitering andsentenced to three months in prison.••"A Retrieved Reformation", which tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. He goes to a town bank to case it before he robs it. As he walks to the door, he catches the eye of the banker's beautifuldaughter. They immediately fall in love and Valentine decides to give up hiscriminal career. He moves into the town, taking up the identity of Ralph Spencer,a shoemaker. Just as he is about to leave to deliver his specialized tools to an oldassociate, a lawman who recognizes him arrives at the bank. Jimmy and hisfiancée and her family are at the bank, inspecting a new safe, when a childaccidentally gets locked inside the airtight vault. Knowing it will seal his fate,Valentine opens the safe to rescue the child. However, much to Valentine'ssurprise, the lawman denies recognizing him and lets him go.••"The Duplicity of Hargraves". A short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, D.C.Pen namePorter gave various explanations for the origin of his pen name.[5] In 1909 he gave an interview to The New York Times, in which he gave an account of it:It was during these New Orleans days that I adopted my pen name of O. Henry.I said to a friend: "I'm going to send out some stuff. I don't know if it amountsto much, so I want to get a literary alias. Help me pick out a good one." Hesuggested that we get a newspaper and pick a name from the first list ofnotables that we found in it. In the society columns we found the account of afashionable ball. "Here we have our notables," said he. We looked down thelist and my eye lighted on the name Henry, "That'll do for a last name," said I."Now for a first name. I want something short. None of your three-syllablenames for me." "Why don’t you use a plain initial letter, then?" asked myfriend. "Good," said I, "O is about the easiest letter written, and O it is."A newspaper once wrote and asked me what the O stands for. I replied, "Ostands for Olivier, the French for Oliver." And several of my storiesaccordingly appeared in that paper under the name Olivier Henry.[6] In the introduction to The World of O. Henry: Roads of Destiny and OtherStories (Hodder & Stoughton, 1973),William Trevor writes that when Porter was in the Ohio State Penitentiary "there was a prison guard named Orrin Henry,whom William Sydney Porter . . . immortalised as O. Henry".The writer and scholar Guy Davenport offers another explanation: "[T]he pseudonym that he began to write under in prison is constructed from the first two letters of Oh io and the second and last two of p en itentia ry [bold added]."[5]LegacyThe O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual prize named after Porter and given to outstanding short stories. Several schools around the country bear Porter's pseudonym.In 1952, a film featuring five stories, called O. Henry's Full House, was made. The episode garnering the most critical acclaim[citation needed] was "The Cop and the Anthem" starring Charles Laughton and Marilyn Monroe. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief" (starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant), and "The Gift of the Magi".The O. Henry House and O. Henry Hall, both in Austin, Texas, are named for him. O. Henry Hall, now owned by the University of Texas, previously served as the federal courthouse in which O. Henry was convicted of embezzlement.Porter has elementary schools named for him in Greensboro, NorthCarolina (William Sydney Porter Elementary[7]) and Garland, Texas (O. Henry Elementary), as well as a middle school in Austin, Texas (O. Henry Middle School[8]). The O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro is also named for Porter.On September 11, 2012, the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of O. Henry's birth.[9]Bid for posthumous pardonOn November 23, 2011, Barack Obama quoted O. Henry while granting pardons to two turkeys named Liberty and Peace.[10] In response, political science professor P. S. Ruckman, Jr., and Texas attorney Scott Henson filed a formal application for a posthumous pardon in September of 2012, the same month the U.S. Postal Service issued its O. Henry stamp.[11] Previous attempts were made to obtain such a pardon for Porter in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan,[12] but no one had ever bothered to file a formal application.[13] Ruckman and Henson argued that Porter deserved a pardonbecause (1) he was a law-abiding citizen previous to his conviction, (2) his offense was minor, (3) he had an exemplary prison record, (4) his post-prison life clearly indicated rehabilitation, (5) he would have been an excellent candidate for clemency in his time, had he but applied for pardon, (6) by today's standards he remains an excellent candidate for clemency, and (7) his pardon would be awell-deserved symbolic gesture and more.[11]。
欧亨利的英文ppt OHenry汇编
• O’Henry is one of the greatest American short story writers of the 20th century.
• His short stories, depicting American society of his time, are both interesting and thoughtprovoking.
• Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc.
writing style
• His stories usually deal with some self-sacrificing members of a family who is undergoing hardship to help a close relative.
• Although his plot is full of coincidence, the surprise ending is his specialty and appeals very much to the reader.
Major works
• "The Gift of the Magi" about a young
couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair.
英语PPT之欧亨利简介
In 1887, he married Athol and his wife encouraged him to pursue his writing. In 1891 he began working at the First National Bank of Austin as a teller. In 1894 ,he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone(《滚石》). When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1897,he was convicted of embezzling(挪用）money and sentenced to five years in prison.
L ife o f O .H e n ry
In 1862, O .H e n ry w a s b o rn in G re e n s b o ro , N o rth C a ro lin a . In 1865,w h e n h e w a s th re e , h is m o th e r d ie d , a n d h e w a s ra is e d b y h is p a te rn a l g ra n d m o th e r a n d a u n t. A s a ch ild , p o rte r w a s a lw a y s re a d in g , e v e ry th in g fro m c la s s ic s to d im e n o v e ls . H is fa v o rite w o rk w a s O n e
欧亨利介绍及其作品
The Last Leaf
The main characters
Sue
Johnsy
Behrman the doctor
Story
The Young, poor painter Johnsy contracted pneumonia, Sue make every effort to take care of her, but she still did not improve. Johnsy would give up completely when the last leaf fell to the ground. In order to save her ,Another old artist Behrman climbed the wall to paint the ivy leave in rainy night, which he contracted pneumonia and died two days later. Johnsy survived , the last one was painted by Behrman, became his final masterpiece.
The Ransom of Red Chief
Two men kidnap a boy of ten. The boy turns out to be so disgusting that the desperate men ultimately pay the boy's father $250 to take him back.
创作丰富的美国短篇小说作家，主要描写纽约平民的生活，市民非 常喜欢他。
以“欧亨利式结尾”闻名于世。 曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父。
欧亨利的英文 OHenryppt课件
• By exposing the human defects and the dark sides of the world, O’Henry wants to awaken people’s conscience and deepest desire for all good things, so that people can use their efforts to save and cleanse the whole world.
O . Henry’s life
• After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.
• He moved to New York City, where over the next ten years before his death in 1910,he published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as American favorite short story writer.
Major works
• "The Gift of the Magi" about a young
couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair.
欧亨利的英文ppt-OHenry
writing style
❖ His stories usually deal with some selfsacrificing members of a family who is undergoing hardship to help a close relative.
❖ Although his plot is full of coincidence, the surprise ending is his specialty and appeals very much to the reader.
O . Henry’s life
❖ After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.
❖ He moved to New York City, where over the next ten years before his death in 1910,he published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as American favorite short story writer.
Major works
“The Last Leave”The Young,
poor painter Johnsy contracted pneumonia. Johnsy would give up completely when the last leaf fell to the ground. In order to save her ,another old artist Behrman climbed the wall to paint the ivy leave in a rainy night, which he contracted pneumonia and died two days later. Johnsy survived ,and the
欧亨利简介（Ohenryintroduction）
欧亨利简介（Ohenry introduction）O Henry (O Henry, 1862 ~ 1910), formerly known as William Sidney Porter (WilliamsydneyPorter), is one of the most famous American novelist, was praised by critics as Manhattan crown prose writer and the father of modern American short stories. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina town of a family physician. His life is rich in the legend, the pharmacy apprentice cattle people, accountants and Land Bureau clerk, journalists, bank teller. When the bank teller, because the bank shortage of cash, in order to avoid interrogation, left home in exile in Honduras, China and america. Jailed for visiting his critically ill wife, he was jailed and served as a pharmacist in the prison clinic. When he worked in the bank, he had written experience and worked as a pharmacist in the prison clinic and began to write seriously. Prior to his release in 1901, he moved to New York to specialize in writing.O Henry is good at depicting American society, especially the life of the people in New York. His works are novel, humorous, and often end upset; because described many characters, full of life, known as the "Encyclopedia of American life humor". Representative works are novels, Chinese cabbage and king, four million, the road to destiny and so on. Some masterpieces such as "love sacrifice", "police and hymn", "furnished rooms", "gift of the Magi", "the last leaf" earned him a reputation in the world.Style IntroductionMention of O Henry's novels, people always used to describe his style of "laugh with tears, but think about those who lived ahumble, poor, helpless life of the little people, o. Henry in the novel will feel, if in such a situation," tearful "of course is easy, but how to laugh? But in O Henry's novels is haunted by a kind of sad mood, but not a hint of joy and hope. Even in the desperate situation where people can also find out the absurdity of life, to find humor in the helpless, sad experience in poetry, as the dark material is dotted with flowers, there is a hope, a comfort, a warm, life is beautiful, you can let them ride out the day after day, until destined end. And the end of this novel is created by O Henry himself. He always makes the most agreeable arrangements in the most unexpected way. Sometimes, this kind of fulfillment will make the former misfortune roses, and make the hardship become romantic, which makes people not sure that there is such a thing, but it must be the most promising thing.O Henry's writing has a profound basis in life. He should have a profound experience for misfortune. He lost his mother when he was young, and he was a genius in painting, but he had no way to develop. A famous male school says that as long as he draws school, he is admitted to school, free of tuition and free from board and lodging. He who has a passion for literature and art must be eager to be educated, but he can not do it. He has no book fees and installation fees, and he has to earn a living to support himself. His life is as an apprentice in a pharmacy, in West Texas cattle, do accounting, cartographer, reporter. Life requires much of him, but little grace, almost nothing. From his works can be seen in the pharmacist's knowledge and the local customs and practices but in addition to his aunt, the early enlightenment education he own education themselves, whether learning or life is helpless, in addition to the painno other favorable factors become a novelist, but he finally became a writer, he can imagine how experienced struggle. When he was a teller, he used to be absent-minded and painted at work, but he bought a magazine, published some works, and began his original literary creation. But there is a greater misfortune waiting for him, he suspected of corruption, but also to the Latin American asylum, back and ill wife goodbye, and jailed. The parting sorrow pain and loss of freedom enough to make anyone lose hope,But he began writing in prison and became famous ever since. His experience confirms the life he describes in his novels: there is hope in trouble, and life becomes warmer than before. But it must go through a process, as the winter to spring, the seed age people will not predict the flower appearance, only after the burial through patience, there will be a surprise, there will be fresh, beautiful days, can make the former bitter is sweet. However, some people think that O Henry's plot is not conducive to literary realism and influence the depth of his works. Golgi said: "your life is very bitter, but a woman may marry a millionaire, a man may marry a wealthy woman, or to find what other things. The characters in O Henry's novels is not only for the revolution for a decent life, but they are always kind, passionate, even not strong and never play tricks, so in any case they still cute.O Henry's novel is very delicate in structure, and uses the art that other people have never used. This is the famous "euro Henry" ending. In the novel, O Henry is always on the one hand to describe things, people began to think think what arrangements, but the real ending clues generally hidden in theseemingly dull narrative, even if O Henry is good at predicting a surprise, rarely able to guess how things could be perfectly logical and reasonable but beyond the imagination. Each of O Henry's novels uses the same technique, but each has the same charm, and it seems that his knitting skills for world joys and sorrows are endless. And each ending brings new meaning to the preceding plot, leaving a lasting and profound ambiguity. But that means too vast, so some people think that the work structure more features than the characters in O Henry's novels, a deep impression left is indeed the mood and plot, instead of characters and character, but in any case, the limited tenderness lonely helpless in tenderness and miracles that touched us deeply, so we find hope and comfort.O Henry was also a master of humor. He was good at finding seeds of humor and cultivating them to make strange flowers. However, when people enjoy a exotic flower, not a flower to be luxury, this kind of pressure makes o. Henry more carefully combing life, so that friends are afraid of him, he also said: "I almost become a humorous materials thief.There are altogether more than 300 short stories written by O Henry. The main novels are "four million", "the heart of the west", "voice of the city", "good"。
欧亨利简介英文版
Short
stories:
"The Duplicity of Hargraves“ (1902) "Conscience in Art" (1907) "The Last Leaf“ (1907) "The Third Ingredient“ (1908) "Makes the Whole World Kin" (1911)
Stories Collection
Cabbages and Kings(published in 1904), a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a sleepy Central American town, is his first collection of stories. Followed by The Four Million(published in 1906). The Four Million opens with that there were only 'Four Hundred' people in New York City who were really worth noticing.
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Henry is a famous critique of European realist writer, one of the three short story master in the world . In conclusion , he is a productive write
O.Henry欧亨利的英文介绍
O. Henry.William Sydney Porter(September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clevertwist endings.Early lifeWilliam Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). They were married on April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels; his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.[2]Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was fifteen. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.Move to TexasPorter in Austin as a young manPorter traveled with Dr. James K. Hall to Texas in March 1882, hoping that a change of air would help alleviate a persistent cough he had developed. He took up residence on the sheep ranch of Richard Hall, James' son, in La Salle County and helped out as a shepherd, ranch hand, cook and baby-sitter. While on the ranch, he learned bitsof Spanish and German from the mix of immigrant ranch hands. He also spent time reading classic literature. Porter's health did improve and he traveled with Richard to Austin in 1884, where he decided to remain and was welcomed into the home of the Harrells, who were friends of Richard's. Porter took a number of different jobs over the next several years, first as pharmacist then as adraftsman, bankteller and journalist. He also began writing as a sideline.Porter led an active social life in Austin, including membership in singing and drama groups. He was a good singer and musician. He played both the guitar andmandolin. He became a member of the "HillCity Quartet," a group of young men who sang at gatherings and serenaded young women of the town. Porter met and begancourting Athol Estes, then seventeen years old and from a wealthy family. Her mother objected to the match because Athol was ill, suffering from tuberculosis. On July 1, 1887, Porter eloped with Athol to the home of Reverend R. K. Smoot, where they were married.Porter family in early 1890s—Athol, daughter Margaret, WilliamThe couple continued to participate in musical and theater groups, and Athol encouraged her husband to pursue his writing. Athol gave birth to a son in 1888, who died hours after birth, and then a daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, in September 1889. Porter's friend Richard Hall became Texas Land Commissioner and offered Porter a job. Porter started as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in 1887 at a salary of $100 a month, drawing maps from surveys andfield notes. The salary was enough to support his family, but he continued his contributions to magazines and newspapers.Porter as a clerk at the First National Bank, AustinIn the GLO building, he began developing characters and plots for such stories as "Georgia's Ruling" (1900), and "Buried Treasure" (1908). Thecastle-like building he worked in was even woven into some of his tales such as "Bexar Scrip No. 2692" (1894).His job at the GLO was a political appointment by Hall. Hall ran for governor in the election of 1890 but lost. Porter resigned in early 1891 when the new governor, Jim Hogg, was sworn in.The same year, Porter began working at the First National Bank of Austin as a teller and bookkeeper at the same salary he had made at the GLO. The bank was operated informally and Porter was apparently careless in keeping his books and may have embezzled funds. In 1894, he was accused by the bank of embezzlement and lost his job but was not indicted.He then worked full-time on his humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone, which he started while working at the bank. The Rolling Stone featured satire on life, people and politics and included Porter's short stories and sketches. Although eventually reaching a top circulation of 1500, The Rolling Stone failed in April 1895 since the paper never provided an adequate income. However, his writing and drawings had caught the attention of the editor at the Houston Post.Porter and his family moved to Houston in 1895, where he started writing for the Post. His salary was only $25 a month, but it rose steadily as his popularity increased. Porter gathered ideas for his column by loitering in hotel lobbies and observing and talking to people there. This was a technique he used throughout his writing career.While he was in Houston, the First National Bank of Austin was audited by federal auditors and they found the embezzlement shortages that had led to his firing. A federal indictment followed and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement.Flight and returnPorter in his 30sPorter's father-in-law posted bail to keep him out of jail. He was due to stand trial on July 7, 1896, but the day before, as he was changingtrains to get to the courthouse, an impulse hit him. He fled, first to New Orleansand later to Honduras. While holed up in a Trujillo hotel for several months, he wrote Cabbages and Kings, in which he coined the term "banana republic" to describe the country, a phrase subsequently used widely to describe a small, unstable tropical nation in Latin America with a narrowly focused, agrarian economy.[3]Porter had sent Athol and Margaret back to Austin to live with Athol's parents. Unfortunately, Athol became too ill to meet Porter in Honduras as Porter had planned. When he learned that his wife was dying, Porter returned to Austin in February 1897 and surrendered to the court, pending an appeal. Once again, Porter's father-in-law posted bail so Porter could stay with Athol and Margaret.Athol Estes Porter died on July 25, 1897, from tuberculosis (then known as consumption). Porter, having little to say in his own defense, was found guilty of embezzlement in February 1898, sentenced to five years in prison, and imprisoned on March 25, 1898 at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio. While in prison, Porter, as a licensed pharmacist, worked in the prison hospital as the night druggist. Porter was given his own room in the hospital wing, and there is no record that he actually spent time in the cell block of the prison. He had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms while he was in prison, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry", a pseudonym that first appeared over the story "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" in the December 1899 issue of McClure's Magazine. A friend of his in New Orleans would forward his stories to publishers, so they had no idea the writer was imprisoned. Porter was released on July 24, 1901, for good behavior after serving three years. Porter reunited with his daughter Margaret, now age 11, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Athol's parents had moved after Porter's conviction. Margaret was never told that her father had been in prison—just that he had been away on business.Later lifePorter's most prolific writing period started in 1902, when he movedto New York City to be near his publishers. While there, he wrote 381short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. His wit, characterization, and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by critics. Porter married again in 1907, to childhood sweetheart Sarah (Sallie) Lindsey Coleman, whom he met again after revisiting his native state of North Carolina.Porter was a heavy drinker, and his health deteriorated markedly in 1908, which affected his writing. In 1909, Sarah left him, and he died on June 5, 1910, of cirrhosis of the liver, complications of diabetes, and anenlarged heart. After funeral services in New York City, he was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. His daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, who died in 1927, was buried next to her father. StoriesPortrait of Porter from frontispiece in his collection of short stories Waifs and StraysO. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings. In his day, he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Both authors wrote plot twist endings, but O. Henry stories were much more playful. His stories are also known for witty narration.Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen, waitresses, etc.O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.Cabbages and Kings was his first collection of stories, followed by The Four Million. The second collection opens with a reference to Ward McAllister's "assertion that there were only 'Four Hundred' people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen—the census taker—and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the 'Four Million.'" To O. Henry, everyone in New York counted.He had an obvious affection for the city, which he called"Bagdad-on-the-Subway,"[4]and many of his stories are set there—while others are set in small towns or in other cities.Among his most famous stories are:"The Gift of the Magi" about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair. The essential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, and otherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written."The Ransom of Red Chief", in which two men kidnap a boy of ten.The boy turns out to be so bratty and obnoxious that the desperate men ultimately pay the boy's father $250 to take him back."The Cop and the Anthem" about a New York City hobo named Soapy, who sets out to get arrested so that he can be a guest of the city jail instead of sleeping out in the cold winter. Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and "mashing" with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police.Disconsolate, he pauses in front of a church, where an organ anthem inspires him to clean up his life—and is ironically chargedfor loitering and sentenced to three months in prison."A Retrieved Reformation", which tells the tale of safecracker Jimmy Valentine, recently freed from prison. He goes to a town bankto case it before he robs it. As he walks to the door, he catches the eye of the banker's beautiful daughter. They immediately fall in love and Valentine decides to give up his criminal career. He moves into the town, taking up the identity of Ralph Spencer, a shoemaker. Just as he is about to leave to deliver his specialized tools to an old associate, a lawman who recognizes him arrives at the bank. Jimmy and his fiancée and her family are at the bank, inspecting a new safe, whena child accidentally gets locked inside the airtight vault. Knowingit will seal his fate, Valentine opens the safe to rescue the child.However, much to Valentine's surprise, the lawman denies recognizing him and lets him go."The Duplicity of Hargraves". A short story about a nearly destitute father and daughter's trip to Washington, .Pen namePorter gave various explanations for the origin of his pen name.[5]In 1909 he gave an interview to The New York Times, in which he gave an account of it:It was during these New Orleans days that I adopted my pen name of O. Henry. I said to a friend: "I'm going to send out some stuff.I don't know if it amounts to much, so I want to get a literary alias.Help me pick out a good one." He suggested that we get a newspaper and pick a name from the first list of notables that we found in it. In the society columns we found the account of a fashionable ball. "Here we have our notables," said he. We looked down the list and my eye lighted on the name Henry, "That'll do for a last name,"said I. "Now for a first name. I want something short. None of your three-syllable names for me." "Why don’t you use a plain initial letter, then" asked my friend. "Good," said I, "O is about theeasiest letter written, and O it is."A newspaper once wrote and asked me what the O stands for. I replied,"O stands for Olivier, the French for Oliver." And several of my stories accordingly appeared in that paper under the name Olivier Henry.[6]In the introduction to The World of O. Henry: Roads of Destiny and Other Stories(Hodder & Stoughton, 1973),William Trevor writes that when Porter was in the Ohio State Penitentiary "there was a prison guard named Orrin Henry, whom William Sydney Porter . . . immortalised as O. Henry".The writer and scholar Guy Davenport offers another explanation: "[T]he pseudonym that he began to write under in prison is constructed from the first two letters of Oh io and the second and last two of p en itentia ry[bold added]."[5]LegacyThe O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual prize named after Porter and given to outstanding short stories. Several schools around the country bear Porter's pseudonym.In 1952, a film featuring five stories, called O. Henry's Full House, was made. The episode garnering the most critical acclaim[citation needed]was "The Cop and the Anthem" starring CharlesLaughton and Marilyn Monroe. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief" (starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant), and "The Gift of the Magi".The O. Henry House and O. Henry Hall, both in Austin, Texas, are named for him. O. Henry Hall, now owned by the University of Texas, previously served as the federal courthouse in which O. Henry was convicted of embezzlement.Porter has elementary schools named for him in Greensboro, North Carolina (William Sydney Porter Elementary[7]) and Garland,Texas (O. Henry Elementary), as well as a middle school in Austin, Texas (O. Henry Middle School[8]). The O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro is also named for Porter.On September 11, 2012, the . Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of O. Henry's birth.[9]Bid for posthumous pardonOn November 23, 2011, Barack Obama quoted O. Henry while granting pardons to two turkeys named Liberty and Peace.[10]In response, political science professor P. S. Ruckman, Jr., and Texas attorney Scott Henson filed a formal application for a posthumous pardon in September of 2012, the same month the . Postal Service issued its O. Henry stamp.[11]Previous attempts were made to obtain such a pardon for Porter in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan,[12]but no one had ever bothered to file a formal application.[13]Ruckman and Henson argued that Porter deserved a pardon because (1) he was a law-abiding citizen previous to his conviction, (2) his offense was minor, (3) he had an exemplary prison record, (4) his post-prison life clearly indicated rehabilitation, (5) he would have been an excellent candidate for clemency in his time, had he but applied for pardon, (6) by today's standards he remains an excellent candidate for clemency, and (7) his pardon would be a well-deserved symbolic gesture and more.[11]。
美国文学欧亨利_O_Henry1
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Name of O.Henry
Pen name : O.Henry Another pen name :Olivier Henry His primitive name : Williams Sydney Porter 原名(yuán mínɡ)：威廉姆斯·西德尼·波特
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Life of O.Henry
Throughout whole life，He wrote 281 short stories(短篇(duǎn piān))，only 1 novel（长 篇）and several poems（诗） in total.
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works: Novel collections
• 1904: Cabbages and Kings《白菜(báicài)与皇帝》
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O. Henry 欧•亨利(hēnglì)
The famous American critical realist writer
美
国著名批判现实主义作家
One of the three great masters of short stories of the
world (others are: Anton Chekhov契诃夫，Guy de Maupassant 莫泊桑 ).世界三大短篇小说巨匠之一。
• 3.Rich in working experiences. He did a variety of jobs such as clerk, book keeper, reporter.
• 4. Accused of stealing in 1894 and captured in1897.He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment . At this period , he bagan to write and became successful in writing.But he wrote for bread.
欧亨利 O Henry
B.写作特征
1.Humorous：幽默 2.Realistic：写实 3.O Henry’s Twisting End ： 欧亨利式结尾
1.Humorous：幽默
幽默是美国文学的传统之一，欧亨利一 生经历坎坷，长期与下层小人物接触，使 的他的幽默充满了夸张 嘲讽 风趣 诙谐 机 智的幽默中 ，含有抑郁，凄楚的情绪。
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欧亨利的笔名是从何而来的呢？其实就来自于欧 亨利那段逃亡生涯当中一次很偶然的机会。 欧亨利逃亡到洪都拉斯的时候混得是相当差，于 是他又跑回了新奥尔良。没进监狱之前在这混迹了很 长时间，波特的文学生涯其实也是从这会儿开始的， 而他的笔名也是拜此所赠。 新奥尔良当时有一家人人皆知的酒吧，大家都把 它叫做烟厂酒吧，酒吧老板叫做亨利。 一天，波特和两个记者在酒吧里一边聊一边吃 东西，聊到兴头的时候，波特转身跟老板喊：噢，亨 利！再照样来一份。几个人在这等着菜，波特从口袋 里掏出一篇写好的稿子说，弟兄们，我不想署上自己 的名字，我可是一个通缉犯，我用什么名字才好呢？ 一个记者听到了，马上灵机一动对他说：何不 干脆就署上噢亨利呢？！这就是欧亨利的来历，你不 是天天在这喝酒吗，把这个名字挂在嘴上。 于是他就拿起了面前的稿子，在上面签上了欧亨 利的笔名。
C.笔名来历
His pseudonym（笔名）： It is believed that Porter found his pen name while in jail, where one of the guards was named Orrin Henry. Other sources say that the name was derived from his calling “Oh Henry!” after the family cat, Henry. Guy Davenport wrote that the name was a condensation of “Ohio Penitentiary”（俄亥俄监狱）
文学家欧亨利的简介
文学家欧亨利的简介欧亨利作为世界三大短篇小说的巨匠之一，被公认为是世界短篇小说高产作家，下面是搜集整理的文学家欧亨利的简介，希望对你有帮助。
欧;亨利(英语：O. Henry，1862年9月11日-1910年6月5日)，有时又译奥亨利，原名威廉;西德尼;波特(William Sydney Porter)，美国著名小说家。
他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。
后因在银行供职时的账目问题而入狱，服刑期间认真写作，并以“欧;亨利”为笔名发表了大量的短篇小说，引起读者广泛关注。
他是一位高产的作家，一生中留下了一部长篇小说《白菜与国王》和近三百篇的短篇小说。
他的短篇小说构思精巧，风格独特，以表现美国中下层人民的生活、语言幽默、结局出人意料(即“欧;亨利式结尾”)而闻名于世。
是世界三大短篇小说巨匠之一(欧;亨利、法国莫泊桑、俄国契诃夫)。
有“美国的契诃夫”这一称号。
代表作有《麦琪的礼物》(又叫《贤人的礼物》)、《最后一片叶子》、《二十年后》等。
其中一些名篇如《爱的牺牲》、《警察与赞美诗》、《带家具出租的房间》、《麦琪的礼物》、《最后一片藤叶》等使他获得了世界声誉。
文学家欧亨利的生平威廉;西德尼;波特(William Sidney Poter，1898年他改名为William Sydney Poter)于1862年9月11日生于美国北卡罗莱纳州格林斯伯勒。
他的父亲名叫阿尔格农;西德尼;波特(Algernon Sidney Porter ，1825年-1888年)，是个医生，酗酒，生活无节制。
这直接导致了他们家境贫困。
他的母亲名叫玛丽;简;维吉尼亚;斯维姆;波特(Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter，1833年-1865年)。
他的父母于1858年4月20日结婚。
1865年，欧;亨利3岁时，威廉;波特的母亲因结核病而去世。
这一年，他和他的父亲搬到他的祖母家里居住。
他与兄弟被送往堂亲所开办的一所私立学校读书。
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introduction 1.作者介绍 2.作品（短篇小说）介绍 3.人性观的定义（马克思主义人性观）
论文的结构和Байду номын сангаас要内容
1.欧· 亨利小说突出人性的原因 1.1个人经历（西部生活） 1.2社会背景 2.欧· 亨利小说中人性观的体现 2.1批判违反人性的丑行 2.1.1拜金主义（《汽车等待的时候》、《财神与爱神》） 2.1.2虚荣心（《剪亮的灯盏》、《没说完的故事》） 2.1.3悲观主义（《命运之路》） 2.2颂扬符合人性的美德 2.2.1真诚的爱情（《麦琪的礼物》、《爱的奉献》） 2.2.2真挚的友情（《最后的一叶》） 2.2.3诚信善良（《两位感恩节的绅士》） 2.3追求弃恶从善的转变（《窃贼自新记》） 3.欧· 亨利小说中人性观带来的意义 3.1个人意义 3.2社会意义 4.结论
浅析欧· 亨利小说中的人性观
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摘要、关键词 欧· 亨利是20世纪初美国著名短篇小说家，美国 现代短篇小说创始人，在美国和世界文学史上 占有重要位置。他的短篇小说构思精巧，风格 独特，以表现美国中下层人民的生活、语言幽 默、结局出人意料（即“欧· 亨利式结尾”）而 闻名于世。本文从人性观的角度，从三方面分 析人性观在欧· 亨利小说中的具体体现，以此来 解读欧· 亨利小说的主题，并达到宣扬欧· 亨利小 说中人性观对个人以及社会产生的重大意义的 目的。 关键词：人性观；欧· 亨利小说；意义