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O Henry presentedby 杨柳 主讲 胡德成杨滔张天佑汤文茂谢华锋 O Henry 1862 1910 wasaprolificAmericanshort storywriter amasterofsurpriseendings whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity Atwistofplot whichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance istypicalofO Henry sstories O HenryisthepennameofWilliamSydneyPorter Heisoneofthethreeleadingshortstorywriters Chekhov契诃夫 AntonPavlovich 1860 1904 俄国剧作家 短篇小说家 Maupassant莫泊桑 HenriRen AlbertGuyde 1850 1893 法国短篇小说家 In1862O HenrywasborninGreensboro NorthCarolina 美国北卡罗来纳州In1865 whenhewasthree hismotherdied andhewasraisedbyhisgrandmotherandaunt Asachild Porterwasalwaysreading everythingfromclassicstodimenovels hisfavoriteworkwasOneThousandandOneNights criticalrealism Maupassant TheManinaCase AChameleon OnJuly1 1887 PorterelopedwithAtholandgotmarried Atholencouragedherhusbandtopursuehiswriting Atholgavebirthtoasonin1888 whodiedhoursafterbirth andthenadaughter MargaretWorthPorter inSeptember1889 HiswifediedonJuly25 1897fromtubercu losis In1894hestartedahumorousweeklyTheRollingStone Whentheweeklyfailed hejoinedtheHoustonPostasareporterandcolumnist In1897hewasconvictedofembezzlingmoneyandsentencedtofiveyearsinprison WhileinprisonPorterstartedtowriteshortstoriestosupporthisdaughterMargaret PorterwasreleasedonJuly24 1901 forgoodbehaviorafterservingthreeyears Porter smostprolificwritingperiodstartedin1902 whenhemovedtoNewYorkCitytobenearhispublishers Whilethere hewrote381shortstories HewroteastoryaweekforoverayearfortheNewYorkWorldSundayMagazine HemarriedSaraLindsayColemanin1907 butthemarriagewasnothappy andtheyseparatedayearlater O Henry slastyearswereshadowedbyalcoholism illhealth andfinancialproblems Hediedofcir rhosisoftheliveronJune5 1910 inNewYork Duringhislifetime O Henrypublished10collectionsandover600shortstories O Henry swritingthemes AclassoflifemainlyinthewesternUnitedStatesAclassoflifeinsomeU S citiesAclassoflifeinLatinAmericanThesedifferentthemeshaveacloserelationshipwiththeauthor sseveralmajorlifeexperiencesoflivingindifferentperiods Theworkswhichdescribedthecitylifehavethegreatestsignificance andthemaximumquantity LoyaltytofriendVS Devotiontoduty O Henry swritingstyle Charactersofordinarypeople Realisticdetail Atwistofplot Surprisingending wordsmeltingsorrowsandjoys StartingfromWashingtonOwen 1784 1859 manywritersaregoodatwritingthosefunnybutmeaningfulstory O Henryinheritedthistradition andwasinfluencedbythecontemporarywriters Moreover hehasaalifetimeoffrustrations Allabovemakeshisuniquesenseofhumor filledwithbitterlaughter Atthebackofthehumor overstates therearesomethingmorecallingthis tearfulsmile whichhasdeepenedthesocialsignificanceofthework withlong termartisticcharm O Henry sTwistingEnd Theso calledO Henry stwistendingmeans theendofthearticlemakessensenotonlyunexpectedbutlogicalandconvincing AsO Henrybelievedthatlifeisfullofunexpectedthings somostoftheendofhisnovelcomeasasurprise Heattemptsinthisareasuccessfully SotheliteraryworldcalledsuchamethodtobeO Henry stwistending Therearesomeclassicworks GiftoftheMagi thelastpieceofivy常春藤leaves Thecopandtheanthem theFamousquotesbyO Henry Whenonelovesone sartnoserviceseemstoohard 一旦热爱艺术 什么奉献也不难 Lifeismadeupofsobs snifflesandsmileswithsniffespredominating 人生是由呜咽 抽泣和微笑组成的 而在三者之中 抽泣处于支配地位 Astorywithamoralappendedislikethebillofamosquito Itboresyou andtheninjectsastingingdroptoirritateyourconscience 一篇含有教训的小说 像是蚊子的嘴 它先使你讨厌 然后注入一滴螫入的液体 来烦扰你的良知 theFamousquotes Ifmanknewhowwomenpassthetimewhentheyarealone they dnevermarry 如果男人晓得女人在独自的时候怎样消磨时间 他们永远不会结婚 Whatawomanwantsiswhatyou reoutof Shewantsmoreofathingwhenit sscarce 女人所想要的东西 就是你所没有的东西 当一种东西变为稀少的时候 她便要想多要一些 Loveandbusinessandfamilyandreligionandartandpatriotismarenothingbutshadowsofwordswhenaman sstarving 当一个人吃不饱饭的时候 爱情 事业 家庭 宗教 艺术和爱国都只是空洞的言词而已 Lifeisfineandenjoyable yetyoumustlearntoenjoyyourfinelife 人生是美好的 但你必须会享用美好的生活 Style 1 unexpected yetbelievableending Famousforhisdistinctivegiftinmakingasurprisingbutlogical unexpectedyetbelievableending 2 Hispeculiarhumor humorousyettearful3 O HenrywrotewithrealisticdetailbasedonhisfirsthandexperiencesbothinTexasandinNewYorkCity MajorWorks 1 TheGiftOfTheMagi 麦琪的礼物AServiceOfLove 爱的奉献TheLastLeaf 最后的常春藤叶TheCopAndTheAnthem 警察和赞美诗LostonDressParade 华而不实AnUnfinishedStory 没有完的故事TheManHigherUp 黄雀在后AfterTwentyYears 二十年以后 TheGiftOfTheMagi TheGiftoftheMagiisthestoryofayoungmarriedcouple ItisChristmasEveandallthemoneythatDellahassavedforJim sgifttotalsonedollarandeight sevencents DellaandJimhavetwopossessionsthatarethetreasuresofthehousehold Della shair whichistheirprideandjoyandJim swatch whichisaninheritancefromhisgrandfather TRUELOVE ThelovingyounghusbandandwifeselltheonlyvaluablethingstheyowntogiveeachotherspecialChristmasgifts ButtheauthorpointsoutthattheYoungpossessagiftgreaterthananyobject thegiftoflove HecomparesthemtotheMagi saying letitbesaid