期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：513
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：Beginning from the days of the Bible short story remains very popular till date. Withthe modern age fast life coupled with widening circulation of magazines and the skilfulpractitioners throughout few centuries, this short prose narrative has established itself as adefinite genre of creative literature. The awarding of the Nobel Prize in 2013 to Canadian AliceMunro for her mastery over the modern short story and the Japanese short story writer HarukiMurakami’s enlisting in the ‘shortlist’ for Nobel Prize award-2013 qualify the argument infavour of the genre. In the introduction to The Cambridge Introduction to the American ShortStory (2006), Martin Scofield, quoting the famous Irish short story writer Frank O’Connor, hascommented that, “The short story in America has for almost two centuries held a prominent,even pre-eminent place in the American literary tradition. For the Americans the short story hadbecome ‘a national art form’” (Scofield: 2006). This short story, carrying close affinities withmany novelistic elements, is perfect in the hand of New York based O’ Henry1. Taking two of hismost celebrated stories “The Last Leaf (2007)” and “The Gift of the Magi2 (2006)” this shortpaper attempts to see him as a master of masterpiece in the field of ‘the art of storytelling’.
关键词：Short Story; Christian Virtues; Love; Compassion; Reciprocity; Will Power; Art Vs;Science; Art for life’s sake; Master Piece
