欧亨利小说的结构艺术特色

苏州大学应用技术学院

2008级学士学位论文

A Study of Structural Art

In 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

2011.12.10

Acknowledgements

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

Abstract

O．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．Henry's 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．Henry's 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．Henry's 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

Content

Chapter 1 Introduction (1)

1.1 Significance of the Study (1)

1.2 Structure of the Thesis (1)

Chapter 2 Literature Review (3)

2.1 The Overview of Short Stories (3)

2.2 The Plot in O. Henry’s Novels (4)

Chapter 3 The Diversified Openings (6)

3.1 Opening with Description (6)

3.2 Opening with Comment (7)

3.3 Opening with Allusion (7)

Chapter 4 The Unexpected Endings (9)

4.1 The Happy Ending (9)

4.2 The Ridiculous Ending (10)

4.3 The Sorrowful Ending (10)

Chapter 5 The Dual-clue Structure (12)

5.1 The Two Clues Crossed More than Twice (12)

5.2 The Two Clues Crossed Once (13)

Chapter 6 Conclusion (14)

Appendix (15)