英语专业毕业论文以《最后一片叶子》为例论欧亨利的创作风格.docx
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英语专业毕业论文以《最后一片叶子》为例论欧亨利的创作风格
OnO’Henry’sWritingStyleExemplifiedbyTheLastLeaf
By
XinKesi
Supervisor:
LecturerWangHao
AThesisSubmittedtoSchoolofForeignLanguages
OfHandanCollegeinPartialFulfillment
OftheRequirementfortheDegree
OfBachelorofArts
Handan,China
May,2010
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Acknowledgements
Iwouldliketoavailmyselfofthisopportunitytoexpressmysincerethankstoallthosewhohaveofferedmehelpinmythesiswriting.Firstofall,mythanksareparticularlyextendedtomysupervisor,Lecturer,WangHao,whoseinspiringinsights,generousencouragements,andenthusiasticinstructionshavefacilitatedmemuchthroughoutmythesiswriting.Herpenetratingandinsightfulcommentsaffordmewithinspiringsource.Shehasbeeninconstantconcernaboutmypaper,sparednopainstoentertainmythesisdraft.Shealsoteachesmetheformatofthethesis.Shehaswalkedmethroughallthestagesofthewritingofthisthesis.Withoutherconsistentandilluminatinginstruction,thisthesiscouldnothavereacheditspresentform.IwouldalsoliketoextendmysincerethankstotheForeignLanguageDepartmentofHandanCollegeaswellasallmyteachers.Thankstotheirinstructiveguidanceandcomprehensiveeducationduringthefouryears’schooling,IcanacquiretheopportunitytofurtherstudyEnglish.AndIwanttothankmyparents.Itisthemwhobroughtmeupandgivemefinancialsupportthroughmycollegelife.Finally,mygreatgratitudealsogoestoallmyfriends,especiallymyroommateswhogavemetheirhelpandtimeinlisteningtomeandhelpingmeworkoutmyproblemsduringthedifficultcourseofthethesis.
Abstract
O’HenryisoneofthemostfamousAmericanshortstorywritersintheearly20thcentury.Inhislegendarylife,heofferstheinnumerableartisticstoriesforthereadersbyhisuniquely“O’Henrytechnique”.“O’Henrytechnique”isabigmagicweaponbywhichthisartisticmastermakeshisgreatsuccess,alsoleavesthereadersahugewealth.TheLastLeafisoneofthemasterpiecesofO’Henry.Thisshortstorytellsastoryaboutthreepoorartists.ThebittersweetstoryinvolvesJohnsy,ayoungartistwhoissufferingfromaseverecaseofpneumoniaandhaslostherwilltolive,thoughSuegivesherclosecare.However,BehrmanprovidestheultimategifttoJohnsy,andindoingso,savesherlife,butloseshisownlife.
Thisthesisanalyzesthewritingstylesofthisshortstorythroughthreelevels:
language,structureandcharacterization.ChapterOnestudiesthelanguagefeatures,showingO’Henryisamasteroflanguage.ChapterTwoanalyzesthestructurefeaturesfromtwoparts:
theunexpectedendingand“plotblank”.ChapterThreediscussesthecharacterizationfeaturesfromthepsychologicalportrayal,behaviorportrayal,languageportrayalandappearanceportrayal.Bydoingthis,thisthesisshowsO’Henry’suniqueroleintheliteraryworld.
KeyWords:
stylelanguagestructurecharacterization
摘要
欧·亨利是20世纪初美国最著名的短篇小说家之一。
在他传奇的一生中,欧·亨利运用他独特的“欧·亨利手法”为读者奉献了无数的力作。
而“欧·亨利手法”则是这位艺术大师赖以成功的一大法宝,也是他为读者留下的一笔巨大财富。
《最后一片叶子》是欧·亨利众多名作之一,这篇小说讲述的是三个艺术家之间的故事。
忧喜参半的乔是一个年轻的画家,她不幸患上肺炎,尽管苏竭力照料她,但她仍丧失了生的意志。
然而贝尔曼给了她一份最后的礼物,贝尔曼用自己的生命救了乔的生命。
本文从语言,结构和人物刻画三个方面分析了这篇小说的创作风格。
第一部分研究它的语言特色展示了欧·亨利语言大师的风采,第二部分从出人意料的结尾和情节空白两部分分析了它的结构特色,第三部分研究它人物刻画的特色,包括心理描写,行为描写,语言描写和外貌描写。
文章就是从这三方面展现欧·亨利在世界文坛中的独特地位的。
关键词:
风格语言结构人物刻画
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
Abstract(Chinese)
Introduction1
ChapterOneLanguageFeatures4
1.1CleverChoiceofWords4
1.2TheVarietyofSentences5
ChapterTwoStructureFeatures6
2.1O’HenryEnding6
2.2PlotBlank8
ChapterThreeCharacterizationFeatures9
3.1PsychologicalPortrayalandBehaviorPortrayal9
3.2LanguagePortrayalandAppearancePortrayal10
Conclusion11
Notes12
Bibliography13
Introduction
O’Henry,oneofthegreatestwritersintheshortstoryworld,whorankswithChekhovandMaupassant,wasbornonSeptember11,1862inGreensboro,NorthCarolina.Astheinitiatorofcontemporaryshortnovelists,O’HenryplaysanextremelyimportantroleintheliteraryworldespeciallyinAmerica.Inhislegendarylife,O’Henryoccupiedhimselfwithmanydifferentjobs,includingworkinadrugstore,asaranchhandinTexas,asalicensedpharmacist,asadraftsman,andasacolumnist.HehasbeentomostpartsofAmerica,fromvillagetobigcities,andnearlyexperiencesallthejoyandthemiseryoftheworld,witnessingcommonpeople’slivingconditionatvarioussociallevels,andheextremelypaysattentiontothelittlecitizens’livingcondition.ItisobviousthattheselifecircumstanceshaveembodiedO’Henry’scharactersandspiritsasawriter.Characterizationportrayalandtheartisticimageinhisstoriesfillwiththecontradictionandcomplication.
TheLastLeafisoneofO’Henry’smostsuccessfulshortstories.Ittellsanimpressivestoryamongthreepoorandunsuccessfulartists.Itisastoryaboutliving.OldBehrmanuseshislifetosaveJohnsy’slifebydrawingthelastleafoftheivyinarainstormynight.
DuringthefirsttenyearsafterO’Henrypassedaway,thereraisesasurgeaboutO’HenryinAmerica,hisprestigegettingthepeak.Heiscalled“thenewfatherofAmericaliterature”.AndnowO’Henrystillattractsscholarshomeandaboard.
LiuWencui’s“AStudyofO’Henry’sWritingMethodsinhisShortStory‘TheGiftofMagi’”publishedinDongJiangJournalin2001,exploresO’Henry’speculiarwritingmethodsusedin“TheGiftofMagi”byaddressingthedistinctivetitlewhichcombinesmetaphoricalmeaning,thelivinglanguagewithproperwordingandthereasonableandsurprisingending.
ThenWenJiexiacontrastsandcomparesO’HenrywithMaupassantin“AComparativeStudybetweenMaupassantandO’HenryinShortStoryLayout”,whichispublishedinJournalofZhaoQingUniversity.BothO’HenryandMaupassantareskillfulatshortstorywritingandfamousfortheiringeniousandexquisitelayouts.Whileeachofthemhashischaracteristicandstyleinplot,endingandnarration.Bydoingso,WenJiexiashowstheingeniouswritingskillsofO’Henrywhichcomesfromeverydaylifeexperiences.O’Henrywritesordinaryscenesoflife,buthecanextractvividanduniqueplotsfromcommonscenes.O’Henrytellshisstoriesinordinaryway,withanobjectivetoneandalwaysinsertsintosomesubjectivecomments,whileMaupassantisobjective,realandnatural.O’Henrycriticizesthesocialrealitybydisplayingthemacroscopicappearancewithmicroscopicreflection.
Moreover,in“NarrativeAnalysisofO’Henry’sWritingTechnique”ZhangWenhuaexplainsthethemeonhumanvirtuesinO’Henry’sworkswiththebinaryoppositioninthestructuralizetheory.Thewritercommentsonthemodesoftheopeningandendingwiththetheoryofnarrativemodes.ThetypicalsurprisingendinginO’Henry’sworksisanalyzedwiththetechniqueofdefamiliarization.Bydoingso,ZhangWenhuapresentstheuniquecharacteristicsofO’Henry’sworkswithregardtothenarrativeanalysis.Firstly,theauthorgivesananalysisofO’Henry’sstoriesfromtheperspectiveofstructuralizednarratalogy.Secondly,heexploresthefourmainnarrativemodesoftheopeningandendinginO’Henry’sworkswiththetheoryofnarratalogy.Thirdly,focusingonnarrativetechnique,heelucidatesthattheemploymentofthetechniqueofdefamiliarization.
Inaddition,inJ.Xi’anUniv.ofArch.&Tech.(SocialScienceEdition)FanLinmakessomecommentsonO’Henry’sartisticcharacteristicsin“IngeniousContrastandFrighteningShocks——OntheArtisticCharacteristicsofO’Henry’sShortNovels”.Throughtheanalysisofcontrasts,itdisclosesthegreatartisticeffects.Firstly,throughwritinglittlecitizensandordinarycases,O’Henry’sstoriesdisplayimportantcurrentaffairsinAmerica.Secondly,O’Henryshowshissympathyforthesocialunderdogs,hiseulogyofhumanvirtuesandexposureofhumandefectsarehighlightedasthekeynotes.Then,O’Henryuseslighttonetoelucidateserioustragedy.Finally,thoughthestoryhasnopoliticalcolor,itisfullofcriticismtopolice.
Furthermore,in“ModernisticElementsinO’Henry’sShortStories”,HanRongexplainswhyO’Henryexploitsmodernisticelementsinhiswritings.Ononehand,O’Henryhasthesameoutlookontheworldandlifewiththatofthemodernists,soheexploitsunconsciouslymodernisticelementsinhisworks.Ontheotherhand,O’Henryintendstousemodernisticelementsinhiswritinginordertopleaseeditorsandpublishers.ThisthesisillustrateswithalotofexamplesthemodernisticelementsinO’Henry’sworksineightaspects,whicharesurrealism,impressionism,theabsurd,avant-gardism,magicrealism,blackhumor,symbolismandothermodernistictechniquessuchasmetaphorandblankmemory.Withalltheseelements,theauthorprovesthatO’Henryisqualifiedtoberankedasapioneeringmodernisticwriter.
ThedomesticscholarshavestudiedO’Henrystoriesquitecomprehensively,buttheresearchtotheopeningofhisstoryisveryfew.SoHuChangyupromotes“theopening”in“AnInitialApproachtotheWritingMethodsinO’Henry’sNovels”.Inthisthesis,HuChangyuintroducesO’Henry’sextremelydiversekindsofopenings,whichoccupytheextremelyimportantpositioninhisworks.Certainly,O’Henry’sskilltodealwiththeendingisalreadyverywell.Andtheauthorpointsoutthatitisnecessarytolookatthewhole,becausethesuccessofhisendingisbasedonthewholetext.Thenheaddressesthelanguagefeatures.Atlast,heputsO’Henry,ChekhovandMaupassanttogethertomakeacomparison.
AndZhangXiujuananalyzesO’Henry’sth
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