英语PPT之欧亨利简介.pptx

1、O. Henry,Pen name : O. Henry Another pen name : Olivier Henry His primitive name : Williams Sydney Porter 原名 ：威廉西德尼波特,O.Henry He was a prolific American short-story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Henry was known as a good end, it w

2、as called “O-Henry-end”. Although some critics were not so enthusiastic about his work, the public loved it. He was called Father of short stories. He is one of three short story master in the word. ( O.Henry , Maupassant , Chekhov),Life of O.Henry,In 1862, O.Henry was born in Greensboro, North Caro

3、lina. In 1865,when he was three, his mother died , and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt. As a child, porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels. His favorite work was One Thousand and One Nights,When he was 15,he became a pharmacy（药房）apprentice(学徒）and then h

4、e moved to Texas to improve his health as a herding(畜牧）cattle person. Porter led an active social life in Austin, including membership in singing and drama groups. Porter was a good singer and musician. He played both the guitar and mandolin.,In 1887, he married Athol and his wife encouraged him to

5、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 1896,he was convicted of embezzling(挪用）money and sentenced to

6、 five years in prison.,While in prison Porter started to write short stories to support his daughter Margaret. Porter was released on July 24,1901,for good behavior after serving three years. Porters most prolific writing period started in 1902,when he moved to New York City to be near his publisher

7、s. O.Henrys last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems. He died of cirrhosis(肝硬化）of the liver on June 5, 1910, in New York.,Major Works The Gift Of The Magi- - 麦琪的礼物 A Service Of Love - - 爱的奉献 The Last Leaf - - 最后的常春藤叶 The Cop And The Anthem - - 警察和赞美诗 Lost on Dress Parade - - 华而不

8、实 An Unfinished Story - -没有完的故事 The Man Higher Up - - 黄雀在后 After Twenty Years - - 二十年以后,Major Works Cabbages and kings白菜与国王 The Four Million四百万 Mammon and the Archer财神和爱神 The Unknown Quantity未知数 The Green Door绿色门 Heart and Hands心与手 The Hypotheses of Failure失算 Shearing The Wolf虎口拔牙 WithesLoaves女巫的面包

9、The Whirligig of Life生活的波折,Writing style,master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York CiA ty. Typical for O. Henrys stories is a twist of plot which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance. In his works, O. Henry presents the panorama of the American pe

10、ople to readers with ironic and humorous tone.,1 The Writing style,In writing style, O.Henry uses the civilian language, therefore readers can easily understand what he wants to express. Another characteristic of his language is implicative. His sense of humor expresses indirectly. Readers can still

11、 recall after reading.,2 The rhetoric(修辞法),O.Henry uses a large number of rhetoric in his novel, such as simile(明喻), metaphor(暗喻)and irony(讽刺). It makes readers experience his sense of humor vividly.,3 The plot,In plot, O.Henrys novels develop fast and in the end suddenly appear an unexpected ending. The so-called “O.Henry-type ending”usually refers that at the end of the novel suddenly the characters mind changes in an unexpected situ