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TheCopandtheAnthemwrittenbyO.Henry

2006691张晓芬

Abstract:

TheCopandtheAnthemwrittenbyO.Henry,similartootherO.Henry’sothershortstories,isironicandhumorous,diggingdeeptorevealthedarkeraspectofthesociety.Throughoutthestory,O.Henryemploysoverwroughtironyandothervariousliterarydevicestoenhancehisthemethatundertheso-calledcapitalistdemocracythatSoapyattemptedtoseekforhisspecialpurposefromprison.;

hedidsomanyevilthingsyetnopolicemansenthimtoprison;

justwhenhewasmovedbyananthemanddeterminedtostartanewlifehewascapturedbyapolicemanandtriedforthreemonthscaptivityinprison.WiththepurposeofanalysisonhowO.Henryusesstylistictechniquestoengrossreadersinthisincrediblestory,thisthesiswillfirstlypresentanoverviewofstylisticsandintroducesomeinfluentialpreviousresearchesonO.HenryandhisworkThecopandtheAnthem.Furthermore,itwillcarryoutacomprehensivestylisticanalysisofthisstoryinlexical,syntactic,semanticandcontextualaspects.Duringthecourseofanalyzingthestoryweareprovidingtheunderstandforreadingandraisinglanguageawarenessandenhancinglinguisticandstylisticandliterarycompetence.

Keyword:

stylisticanalysisO.HenryTheCopandtheAnthem

I.Introduction

1.BriefAccountoftheAuthor

WilliamSidneyPorter，thismasterofshortstoriesismuchbetterknownunderhispenname“O.Henry”.HewasborninGreensboro,NorthCarolinaonSeptember11，1862,wherehespenthischildhood.hisonlyformereducationwasreceivedattheschoolofhisauntLina.Heworkedasapprentice,pharmacist,cowboy,clerk,bookkeepersincefifteenyearsold.By1887,PorterbeganworkingasadraftsmanintheGeneralLandOffice,in1891,hebecameatellerwiththeFirstNationBankinAustin.thenstartingin1895hewroteacolumnfortheHoustonDailyPost.Meanwhile,Porterwasaccusedofembezzlingfundsfrombank,hefledtoHonduras.Onhearinghiswife’sillness,hecameback,butwasfoundguiltyofthebankingchargesandsentencedtoinanOhioprison.Thetoughlifeexperiencelaidadeepfoundationofhiswritingcareer.Heemergedfromprisonas“O.Henry”tohelpshieldhistrueidentity.Afterreleasedin1901,hemovedtoNewYork,whollydevotedhimselftoliterature.O.HenrywrotewithrealisticdetailbasedonhisfirsthandexperiencesbothinTexasandinNewYorkcity.hepublishedtencollectionsofstoriesandover600shortstoriesduringhislifetime.O.Henryiscommonlyassociatedwiththeshortstoryandthemasterfulironicplot.

2.BriefAccountofthe“TheCopandAnthem”

Soapy,theheroofthestory,mightsetouttofindalodgingsforwinter.Inhismind,theidealplaceisprison.SoSoapydidvariousbadthingsinordertoentertheprison:

heeversetfootinsideacafé

forafreemealbuthefailed;

heeverdashedastoneintoaglassbutthepolicemanrefusedtoacceptSoapyasaclue;

thenSoapysuccessfullyhadabigmealinarestaurantyethewasjustbeateninsteadofbeingsenttoprison;

heeverluredawomaninordertobecapturedbythepolicemanbutthewomanwasaprostituteandhefailedtobecapturedbythepolicemanagain;

thenSoapybegantoyelldrunkgibberish,however,thepolicemandisregardedhimasaYalestudentandpardonedhim;

inacigarstorehetookaman’sumbrellainpublicyetthatmanwasnotthetrueownerofit,too,thusSoapyfailedagain.Andatthistime,heheardtheanthemfromachurchandhewasgreatlymovedbytheanthemanddeterminedtostartanewlift.Butjustatthistime,apolicemancapturedhimforbeingidleness.Hewastriedforthreemonthsinprison.

3.MajorThemeofthe“TheCopandanthem”

O.Henryiscommonlyassociatedwiththeshortstoryandthemasterfulironicplot.ThethemeofthestoryisrelatedtothecopandthemaincharacterSoapywhoishomelessandtryingtogetthrowninjailforthewintersohewillhaveawarmplacetostayandfoodtoeat.The“island”,standingforjail,symbolizesarefuge,aplacedistancefromcrowdsandnoisycivilization.andaplacewhereSoapycanbecomfortable.Thethesiscontainsthestrongsarcasticatmosphere:

theprisonbecomeagoodplacewhilethehellturnedtobeaheaven.Evilconductsweregivenlenienttreatmentwhilethegoodandhonestwerepanelized.

II.LiteratureReview

Stylistics,simplydefinedasthe（linguistic）studyofstyle,israrelyundertakenforitsownsake,simplyasanexerciseindescribingwhatuseismadeoflanguage.Thatmeansliterarystylisticshas,implicitlyorexplicitly,thegoalofexplainingtherelationbetweenlanguageandartisticfunction.Fromthelinguist’sangle,itis‘whydoestheauthorherechoosetoexpresshimselfinthisparticularway?

’.Fromthecritic’sviewpoint,itis‘howissuch-and-s