Foregrounding Poverty through the Heterodiegetic Narrator in O. Henry’s The Gift of The Magi
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyses the contribution and effect of the heterodiegetic narrative style employed by O. Henry, as exemplified in his famous short story titled The Gift of the Magi.In it, while the significant conceptual conflict is created by juxtaposing poverty and generosity, the stylistic analysis highlights the importance of the devices used in the short story, such as capitalisation, situational irony, and repetition.It is concluded that the stylistic devices employed by O. Henry foreground the willingness and commitment of the impoverished family to maintain the tradition of exchanging gifts during Christmas.
Source: British and American Studies
DOI: 10.35923/bas.29.13
Authors: Merve Pekoz, H. Sezgi Sarac Durgun, Arda Arikan
Institutions: Akdeniz University, Ordu University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: University of Oxford
OpenAlex ID: W4381987520