《第二十二条军规》中的黑色幽默_英语论文

Black Humor in Catch-22

摘要

《第二十二条军规》是美国著名作家约瑟夫海勒的代表作之一，也是美国黑色幽默文学的经典之作，具有后现代小说的典型特点。《第二十二条军规》自出版以来在世界范围内得到了广泛追捧，大量学者和研究者对其展开研究，取得了重要成果，总的来说，它推动了世界文学的蓬勃发展。本文旨在通过语言特色、人物性格、结构特色三个方面阐述黑色幽默在《第二十二条军规中的》的体现。这部小说中有超过30个角色，人物出场混乱，每个角色都有卡通化脸谱和两面性。本篇论文从中挑选了上尉约瑟连，卡思卡特上校和米洛三个人物去表现小说的人物性格特点。海勒构建了一个混乱的结构。本篇论文旨在通过逻辑上的矛盾和结构上的混乱来突出小说的混乱结构。除此之外，第二十二条军规中的黑色幽默在本篇论文中也会通过语言特色的研究来体现。反讽，排比和重复在小说中得到了成功运用，从而得以揭示中小说黑色幽默主义的鲜明独特的特点，表达了作者对社会环境的悲观绝望态度。

关键字：《第二十二条军规》；约瑟夫海勒；黑色幽默；语言特色;人物性格；结构特色  

Abstract

Catch-22 is one of representative works of American writer Joseph Heller and is regarded as the classic literature of black humor. It bears the typical features of postmodern fiction. The typical postmodern works have prevailed around all the world since its publication. Researchers and scholars have launched extensive researches on Catch-22 and got great achievements. In a word, Catch-22 plays a part in developing the world literature. This paper aims to illustrate the black humor in Catch-22 from three regards：personality of characters, linguistic representations and structure features. There are over 30 characters in this novel, and they appear to be in a mess. These characters are cartoon-like and two-dimensional. This paper chooses three typical characters to describe their personality: Captain Yossarian,Colonel Cathcart and Milo Minderbinder. Heller constructs a confusing structure. This paper mainly explains its structure features from two aspects: logical paradox and structural disorder. In addition, linguistic representation of black humor in Catch-22 is emphasized. Irony, parallelism and repetition are skillfully employed in this novel. This paper expresses the author’s despair to the society by leading readers to understand the black humor.    

Keys words:Catch-22;black humor;Joseph Heller;personality of characters; linguistic representation; structure feature

Contents

Abstract I

摘要 II

Introduction 1

Chapter One: Literature Review 3

1.1 The Literary Status of Catch-22 3

1.2 The Brief Introduction to Joseph Heller 3

1.3 Studies at Home and Abroad on Catch-22 4

Chapter Two: Black Humor 5

2.1 The Development of Black Humor 5

2.2 The Studies of Black Humor 5

Chapter Three: Black Humor in Catch-22 8

3.1 Personality of Characters 8

3.1.1 Captain Yossarian 8

3.1.2 Colonel Cathcart 9

3.1.3 Milo Minderbinder 9

3.2 Structure Features 10

3.2.1 Logical Paradox 10

3.2.2 Structural Disorder 11

3.3 Linguistic Representations 12

3.3.1 Irony 12

3.3.2 Parallelism 13

3.3.3 Repetition 14

Conclusion 15

Bibliography 17