短篇小说(7/7)

American writer Flannery O'Connor is a master of irony, as in the story A Good Man Is Hard to Find in which a manipulative grandmother imposes her will on a situation, with the ironic result that she and her family are killed by escaped convicts. To sum up, in today's lecture, we mainly focus on one literary style – the short story, and further elaberate on its basic elements and writing art. The basic elements of the short story include setting, conflict, character, and theme. The art of the short story employs the techniques of point of view, style, plot and structure, and a wide range of devices. So the writer's choice and control of these techniques determines the quality of his or her short story.

美国作家弗兰纳里•奥康纳是一个讽刺大师,如其小说《好人难寻》讲述的是一位好指使人的祖母把她自己的意愿强加在一种情况，使她和她的家人被逃犯杀害的讽刺的结局。总的来说，在今天的讲座中,我们主要讲了一种文学文体——短篇小说,并进一步就其基本元素和写作艺术进行阐述。短篇小说的基本元素包括环境、冲突、人物、和主题。短篇小说的艺术在于使用视觉技巧、风格、情节和结构,和各种写作手法。因此，作者对这些技巧的选择和控制决定了他或她的短篇小说的质量。