分析凯特·肖班短篇小说《一小时的变故》写作技巧和内容,揭示肖班在该小说中突出的反讽技巧及象征与主题的完美结合。由此,我们可以更深刻地了解和体味这位美国19世纪现实主义女作家的超群文笔以及她悲喜剧手法下20世纪末的美国社会。 This paper analyzes the writing skills and content of Kate Shawan’s short story One Hour Incident, and reveals the outstanding combination of irony skills and symbolism and theme of Chopean’s novel. From this, we can understand and appreciate the superb style of the American 19th-century realist woman writer and the American society of the late 20th century under the tragic and comedy tactics.