Faculty of Foreign Languages
Essay On the topic:
„Types of atmosphere in O. Henry’s short stories”
Written by
Student of Group 403
Specailty – English/Italian
Druță Margarita
Verified by:
English Lecturer
Plescenco Galina
Chisinau 2014
The topic of this research goes around a very interesting and useful topic: “the atmosphere”. I chose this topic because the atmosphere is one of those leading factors which form the reader a certain impression upon the text. It is not only a word or some words which characterize the atmosphere; it is an entire notion and comprises more details than it seems to. Atmosphere is a remarkable tool used my all the authors in order to impress, to make their words interesting for reading. The atmosphere colours the text, no matter what kind of text that is, and thus it is interesting for discussion and analysis. It is devoted to a perfect understanding of this notion, thus to distinguish the different types of atmosphere as well as to present the arguments for those conclusions. The primary task of this research is to distinguish the main types of atmosphere in different texts and to bring the arguments supporting the point of view exposed by the researcher. Thus, the work exposed in this research paper should follow this condition. The objectives of this research paper are:
1. To analyze the concept of “atmosphere”
2. It follows the purpose of understanding the concept of “different types of atmosphere”
3. To find out all the peculiarities of “atmosphere”
4. It has to reveal the function of usage of “atmosphere”
5. It has the purpose of looking through different sources of “Stylistics”
6. To search through O. Henry’s short stories
7. Finding examples which demonstrate one or another type of atmosphere
8. It has to distinguish between the main types of atmosphere found and give supporting examples
9. It has to reflect the conclusions on the work that was