中文摘要:欧·亨利是美国短篇小说家，他的很多作品也被大家熟知。“欧·亨利式结尾”别具特色，它通常指：在文章情节结尾时作者突然让人物的心理情境发生出人意料的变化，或使主人公命运陡然逆转，出现意想不到的结果，既在意料之外，又在情理之中。本文以欧·亨利的代表作品为例，从风格类别等角度对欧·亨利式结尾的艺术特色、表现手法进行分析，试图诠释出欧·亨利结尾的艺术魅力。通过探讨欧·亨利式结尾，希望为文学研究者提供一些启示和研究思路。

关键词：欧·亨利；结尾；艺术魅力

Contents

中文摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction.1

2. A Brief Introduction to O Henry’s Ending.1

2.1 The development of O Henry’s ending1

2.2 The cultural value of O Henry’s ending.2

3. Artistic Features of O Henry’s Ending3

3.1 Tortuous and bright endings.3

  3.1.1 The Gift of the Magi.3

3.1.2 The Last Leaf3

3.2 Suddenly enlighten endings.4

3.2.1 The Furnished Room4

3.2.2 A Service Of Love .5

3.3 Reverse endings.5

3.3.1 The Cop And the Anthem .5

3.3.2 Matrimonial Actuary6

4.Technique of Expression of O Henry’s Ending.6

4.1 Adding the finishing touch.6

4.1.1 The Romance of a Busy Broker6

4.1.2 A Cosmopolite in a Cafe.7

4.2 Making a sarcastic retort7

4.2.1 A Harlem Tragedy7

4.2.2 Art and Ranch Horses.8

5. Categories of O Henry’s Ending8

5.1 Tragic endings.8

5.1.1 Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen.8

5.1.2 Witches’ Loaves.9

5.2 Comic endings.9

5.2.1 Mammon and the Archer.9

5.2.2 A Retrieved Reformation.10

5.3 Half happy and half sad endings.10

5.3.1 The Skylight Room and Other Stories.10 

5.3.2 After Twenty Years10 

6. Conclusion11

References12

Acknowledgments13