短篇小说《市政报告》写作手法赏析

An Analysis of the Writing Techniques in A Municipal Report

刻画美国社会下层阶级的生活以及人性的善恶是欧·亨利小说的一大特色。欧·亨利的《市政报告》也毫不例外地体现了这一特点。《市政报告》以其巧妙的构思,独特的故事情节以及细腻的人物心理描写而深受读者的赞赏。《市政报告》中独特、多样的写作手法使其成为小说创作中的艺术杰作。本文通过探索《市政报告》中的开篇风格、人物刻画、叙事手法以及修辞方式等写作手法,赏析该小说独特的文学魅力,帮助读者更好地解读小说,从而深刻地理解和体会欧·亨利作品的精髓。

The majority of O＇Henry＇s short stories focus on the lives of ordinary people and beauty of human nature. Without exception, A Municipal Report, one of O＇Henry＇s less familiar stories, serves this purpose quite successfully. This novel is a masterpiece in the art of novel writing. It was widely appreciated by readers because of its careful plotting, storyline and the scope of human psyche. However, the most fascinating feature of A Municipal Report is embodied in its unique and diverse writing techniques. This paper explores the portrayal of characters, narrative techniques and rhetorical modes in this novel and appreciates the unique literary glamour of it.