论欧·亨利小说的比喻特色

The Comparison Characteristics of the Stories by O.Henry

欧.亨利的小说运用比喻非常广泛,形形色色的人物,多姿多彩的景物,日常生活中常见的事物现象,常常披着比喻的外衣方才走进小说世界。他的比喻本体与喻体之间的特征关联多元化,内容丰富。意义多重,手法多样,为比喻修辞的运用拓展出新的空间。

O. Henry is one of the greatest short-story writers in the world. He is characteristic of designing the unanticipated endings and tearful humors in the stories. That, however, is not sufficient for him to he an artistic master as a man of letters. There must he something more essential to entail the status. This article, focusing on his various and ubiquitous simile throughout his stories, is to analyze the conditions and functions of his usage of figure of speech, to ascertain his artful style and achievements.