欧亨利特点[自然主义特点在欧亨利作品中的体现_英文_]
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欧亨利特点[自然主义特点在欧亨利作品中的体现_英文_] ·1IntroductionofOHenryO·Henry"sthreeshortstoriesasexamples,theauthorfindsthatbyemployingdifferentfocalizationsandrelevantnarrativediscoursesto Henryprovidesthereaderswithawholepictureofdifferentstories,O· thelifeofhistime.O·Henry"sthreetypicalshortstories.TheFurnishedRoom(1906),TheGiftoftheMagi(1906)andAServiceofLove(1906).Throughmakingphysicaltimeservepsychologicaltime Henryorganicallyunitesphysicalandselectingepisodesoflife,O· timewithpsychologicaltimeandrevealsthetruemeaningoflife;throughaccelerationanddeceleration,headjuststhenarrativespeedproperly;andbyemployingdifferentfrequenciesandsuspense,heachievestensenarrativeimpetus. 2TheDefinitionofRealism Realismwasamovementthatencompassedtheentirecountry,oratleasttheMidwestandSouth,althoughmanyofthewritersandcriticsassociatedwithrealism(notablyW·D·Howells)werebasedinNewEngland.AmongtheMidwesternwritersconsideredrealistswouldbeJosephKirkland,E·W·Howe,andHamlinGarland;theSouthernwriterJohnW·DeForest"sMissRavenal"sConversionfromSecessiontoLoyaltyisoftenconsideredarealistnovel,too. Thehistoryofrealismfindsitsoriginssomewherearoundthesecondhalfofthe19thcentury,mainlyfrom1830to1870.Amongitsmainprinciplesrealismestablishesitselfasawayofthoughtmorethanamovementwithinaspecificgenre.Itseekstoexpressanobject,sceneorevenasubjectthroughthatwhichisperceivable,negatingallromanticismandsubjectivismoranyotherelementswhichmaydistortsomethingasitreallyexists.Theserealists,alsoknownaspositivists,foundtheirfaithinthefactthatallknowledgeobtainedfromscienceanditsobjectiveswould,inessence,solveallhumanproblems. Realisticpresenttheideaaboutthetruelifeofthesociety."Realismsetsitselfatworktoconsidercharactersandeventswhichareapparentlythemostordinaryanduninteresting,inordertoextractfromthesetheirfullvalueandtruemeaning.Itwouldapprehendinallparticularstheconnectionbetweenthefamiliarandtheextraordinary,andtheseenandunseenofhumannature.Beneaththedeceptivecloakofoutwardlyuneventfuldays,itdetectsandendeavorstotracetheoutlinesofthespiritsthatarehiddenthere;thomeasurethechangesintheirgrowth,towatchthesymptomsofmoraldecayorregeneration,tofathomtheirhistoriesofpassionateorintellectualproblems.Inshort,realismreveals.Wherewethoughtnothingworthofnotice,itshowseverythingtoberifewithsignificance." ·3OHenry"sStoryPresenttheCharacteristicofRealismInO·henry"sstorytheGiftoftheMagi,describedayoungpouplewhowanttosendpresenttoeachotherforChristmasgift.Theyloveeachotherdeeply,buttheyareverypoor,theycansendpresentforeachotherbuttosendtheirlovelysubject.Atlast,thewifesendherbeautifulhairandsheboughtawatchchainforherhusband.Andontheotherhand,thehusbandsendhislovelywatchandboughtahairgripforherwife.Thepreviouspresentwereuselessatlast.TheactionofJimanddelleshowthebeautifuloftheworldandtheheavenlinessofthelove.Wecanknowthattheprototypeofdellewasohenry"sfirstwife. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/26759f405bfafab069dc5022aaea998fcc2240c8.html