欧亨利的英文ppt OHenry.ppt

O.Henry,A.HislifeexperienceB.HiswritingstyleHismajorworks,O.Henryslife,WilliamSydneyPorter(September11,1862June5,1910),knownbyhispennameO.Henry,wasanAmericanwriter.Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlementchargesandsentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.,O.Henryslife,Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.,writingstyle,OHenryisoneofthegreatestAmericanshortstorywritersofthe20thcentury.Hisshortstories,depictingAmericansocietyofhistime,arebothinterestingandthought-provoking.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses,etc.,writingstyle,HumanVirtues:OHenryissympatheticwiththepoor;hepraisesthehumanvirtuesanddenounceshumandefeats.Humanity,astheeternalthemeofOHenrysworks,endowshisworkswithperpetualartisticcharm.HumanEvils:Byexposingthehumandefectsandthedarksidesoftheworld,OHenrywantstoawakenpeoplesconscienceanddeepestdesireforallgoodthings,sothatpeoplecanusetheireffortstosaveandcleansethewholeworld.,writingstyle,Hisstoriesusuallydealwithsomeself-sacrificingmembersofafamilywhoisundergoinghardshiptohelpacloserelative.Althoughhisplotisfullofcoincidence,thesurpriseendingishisspecialtyandappealsverymuchtothereader.HisstoriesillustrateHenrysstyleinvariousaspects:originalconceptionexaggeration,simileandmetaphor,humor,andsurpriseending.Wit,irony,cleverness,individualityandlocalcolorarealsotraditionalearmarksofthetypicalOHenrystory.,Majorworks,TheGiftoftheMagiaboutayoungcouplewhoareshortofmoneybutdesperatelywanttobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnbeknownsttoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyaplatinumfobchainforJimswatch;whileunbeknownsttoDella,Jimsellshisownmostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,tobuyjeweledcombsforDellashair.,Majorworks,TheCopandtheAnthemaboutaNewYorkCityhobonamedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsothathecanbeaguestofthecityjailinsteadofsleepingoutinthecoldwinter.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft,vandalism,disorderlyconduct,andmashingwithayoungprostitute,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolate,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanorganantheminspireshimtocleanuphislifeandisironicallychargedforloiteringandsentencedtothreemonthsinprison.,Majorworks,“TheLastLeave”TheYoung,poorpainterJohnsycontractedpneumonia.Johnsywouldgiveupcompletelywhenthelastleaffelltotheground.Inordertosaveher,anotheroldartistBehrmanclimbedthewalltopainttheivyleaveinarainynight,whichhecontractedpneumoniaanddiedtwodayslater.Johnsysurvived,andthelastleafwaspaintedbyBehrman,becamehisfinalmasterpiece.,Thethreeshortstorywritersoftheworld,GuydeMaupassant居伊德莫泊桑Antonchekhov契诃夫O.Henr