Content Chapter1 Introduction ................................................................................ 4 Chapter 2 O. Henry ‘s article style--humor ............................................. 4 2.1 O. Henry ‘s article style ................................................................. 4 Chapter3 Unique O-style ending method ............................................... 5 3.1 Improbable Coincidence (The Gift of the Magi) ............................ 5 Chapter4 The Main Theme of O’Henry ’s Works.................................... 6 Chapter 5 Conclusion ............................................................................... 7 References ..................................................................................................... 8A Brief Review on O’Henry’s Works 摘要：欧. 亨利，原名威廉 . 西德尼 . 波特,20 世纪美国著名小说家， 美国短篇小说创始人。被誉为世界上三大著名小说巨匠，与法国的莫泊桑，俄国的契诃夫齐名。他少年时曾一心想当画家，婚后在妻子的鼓励下开始写作。后再银行供职时出现账目问题而入狱，在服刑期间认真写作，并以“欧. 亨利”为笔名发表了大量短篇小说。他的作品情节细腻。语言诙谐，结局往往出人意料。出人意料但却符合逻辑的故事结尾以及不拘一格文风在作品中最具亮点给读者留下深刻印象。而本论文的主要围绕他的著作， 如《麦琪的礼物》，《最后一片叶子》，《警察与赞美诗》，分析其故事结尾与语言风格如何达到预想的效果和如何让作者的思想在作品中得到体现。关键词：文风，欧 . 亨利式结尾 , 人性，社会现实Abstract : O. Henry, one of the three most famous short-story writers in the world, enjoys equal status with Chekhov and Maupassant. Exquisite plot, wry humor and twist ending dominate his works. Those surprising but logical endings and article’s style are the most brilliant in all of the highlights. This thesis mainly analyses O. Henry’s surprising but logical endings and style of his famous works such as Th...
