欧亨利小说的修辞手法.docx

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1、TheartcharacteristicsofTheCopAndAnthemAbstract:O.Henry(1862-1910)一pseudonymofWilliamSydneyPorter,isoneofmostfamouscriticalrealisticnovelistsinAmerica.HeisknownwithMaupassantandasthethreegreatestshortstorymastersintheworldandishailedasthe“FatherofModernAmericanShortStory”bysomec

2、ritics.Hishumorousdepiction,surprisingdenouement,themesofhumanworldhavebeenstudiedbycriticsandliteraturefansathomeandabroadfromtheperspectiveofcriticalrealismorstruchiralism.ManyshortstoriesofO.Henryfeatureunimportantpeoplewholiveatthebottomofthesocietymainlywiththethemeofpeopl

3、edoinggooddeedsthoughtheplotsaredifferent.ItisnotdifficulttofindoutthearchetypesofthesecharactersunderO.Henry'spenbycarefulstudy.JiminTheGiftoftheMagiwhoisyoungandalotinhislifeembodiesthepassionofJesusChrist.RaidlerinthestoryhygeiaattheSolitocouldrepresentthecharityofJesus.Theo

4、ldartistBehrmanintheLastLeafepitomesthesacrificeofJesus.Fromthemarshal'swordsandactsinHeartsandHands,wefindthearchetypeofscapegoat.InthestoryofRoadsofDestiny,threedifferentroadsleadtothesamedestination,presentsustworelevantbiblicalthemes-deathandparadiselost.JamesinTheMarionett

5、esisadoctormeanwhileathief,thenarrativestructureofhisexperiencefromdegenerationtorepentancethentoredemption,isthetypicalBiblicalU-shapednarration.FromthetitleoftheshortstoryTheCopandtheAnthem,wecanfindtheelementoftheBible,and0.Henry'sappreciationofChristianityandhiswishesthatre

6、ligionmaysavepeoplecouldalsobetracedbetweenthelines.TheCopandtheAnthemsistherepresentativenovelwhichcreatedbythetwentiethcenturyfamousshortstorywriterO.Henry’s,andthisnovelistheimportantofitsoverallstyle.Inthisshortstory,theauthoruseshumorandironyofthecomedytechniquelossreveals

7、theabsurdityofhumansocietytothepeople’spowdergodofpainfromthetragictheme.TherehavebeenmanystudiesaboutTheCopandtheAnthems.TheresearchchoosesoneofO.Henry’snovelsTheCopandtheAnthemasanexample.Themajorfindingsareasfollows:Thestylisticscharacteristicsinselectednovelaremetaphorofver

8、bs,tenseandaspect,andrhetoricdevices,whichmakeO.Henry’