Commenting On "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"is written by James Thurber, who is the best known humorist in modern times. Thurber is famous both for his writing and his cartoon.Many critics consider him the finest American humorist since Mark Twain and like Twain, his humor takes the form of ironic satire.     

Mark Twain’s Humorous Satire in Running for Governor

Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humorous satire had great impact on the following men of letters; critics also attached significant importance to it and put forward various interpretations. Noticeably, his humor ous satire finds full expression in his famous short story, Running for Governor. In it, with humor and satire, he exposed the true features and hypocrisy of American democracy. The paper tries to analyze the basic elements which affected Mark Twain’s humorous satire, aiming at offering rational analysis of this humorous satire in Running for Governor as well as making Twain’s works readily understood.     

An Analysis of the Plot and Language Style in The Unicorn in the Garden

James Thurber was an American humorist and cartoonist. He was hailed as the greatest contributor to American humor writing since Mark Twain. Thurber wrote hundreds of essays and short stories, which often featured gender battles between dominant women and little men. The Unicorn in the Garden, one of his short stories, is popular with the readers on the strength of the whirling plot and the unique language style, such as black humor, discontinuity and repetition. Meanwhile, the readers can draw inspiration from this short story.     

An Analysis of the Conversational Implicature in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain is one of the greatest writers in the world.His works are full of humor and satire with vivid conversations and brilliant and trenchant portrayals of those characters.This paper takes his classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as an example to analyze the conversational implicature from the perspective of Herbert Paul Grice's famous Cooperative Principle.Through the analysis,we can see that linguistic study can help us to study literary works deeply and it is necessary for us to study the conver...     

Similarities in Mark Twain and Lu Xun’s Writing Styles-The Employ-ment of Sharp Contrast

Both Mark Twain and Lu Xun were the most well-known writers in the world literature. They were famous for bit-ing style of writing and the way of using humor and irony, which won high praise of public....     

Mark Twain''''s Joke on a Friend

Mark Twain was a famousAmerican writer of novels andshort stories.He liked to tellfunny__1____ and he also liked toplay jokes on (开玩笑)his friends.One day afriend of his lost his ___2___ and asked MarkTwain to buy the train ticket for him. Mark Twain said, "I'm sorry, but it hap-     

美国电影学会的选择

Mark Twain was a famous American writer of novels and short stories.He liked to tell funny_______and he also liked to play jokes on (开玩笑)his friends.One day a friend of his lost his______and asked Mark Twain to buy the train ticket for him.     

Analyzing of "Xu Sanguan a blood":The Black Humor Artistic

"Black Humor",as a literary genre."Xu Sanguan a Blood" is a novel created by a well-known writer Yu Hua in 1995.It expresses the human desire to survive when the bad luck.The story tells us that Xu Sanguan spent relying on selling blood they had to get a life and overcome adversity.And when he was old,Xu Sanguan knows that nobody should want his blood,his spirit has collapsed.Black humor from this man gives us more heavy consider and let’s know what the truth of the life is.Xu Sanguan had the both of many hates and also many hopes about the family and the life in this story.And his black humor makes him crying with the smile and smiling with the tears.     

Similarities in Mark Twain and Lu Xun’s Writing Styles——The Employment of Sharp Contrast

Both Mark Twain and Lu Xun were the most well-known writers in the world literature. They were famous for biting style of writing and the way of using humor and irony,which won high praise of public. Although they lived in different countries and even different times,they shared certain similarities. This thesis will compare the likeness in their writing styles,especially their employment of sharp contrast. As for language,they were all the leaders in literature. It seemed that their works were just for fun. Actually there was light of thoughts in them that were used to satirize,to disclose,to laugh and eventually to cure people’s soul. Therefore,after reading their works,people would laugh with tears and come to examine themselves. Naturally the glorification and organization of translating Mark Twain’s works may result in the similarities of writing styles between the two men of letters.     

Realism in Mark Twain's

Mark Twain, one of the most famous American writers, wrote a large number of recordmaking novels in his life. He was sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of American Literature.'Throughout his novels, what was most obviously demonstrated was his preference realismwriting to romanticism writing. Among his works, he admitted himself to play an importantrole to show his own dan'y experiences, regional stories and tales' of American real life. Besides, he criticized seriously those who led a romanti…     

教学幽默

幽默在教学中起着重要的作用，是教学过程中不可 缺少的要素。通过收集相关资料、及时地表达、参与相关训练、适时掌握幽默的分寸，有助于掌握这一职业技能。     

浅析黑色幽默与《汤姆·爱迪生的长毛狗》

黑色幽默是一种独特的艺术形式,它通过非常规的方式反映现实生活。库特.冯尼格特的《汤姆.爱迪生的长毛狗》展现了黑色幽默技巧,深刻地揭示了人生的荒诞和无意义。本文介绍了黑色幽默的产生与特征,从变态的情节、荒诞的人物和病态的语言三个方面分析了黑色幽默的应用,体现了该小说的非理性主题。     

模因幽默——言语幽默的模因观

从模因论的角度分析言语幽默产生的语用特征。模因体现在语言使用中,语言本身也是一种模因。通过语言模因来实现幽默效果的言语被称为模因幽默。语言模因能够利用形式与内容之间的矛盾关系,激发听话人完成乖讹—消解的理解过程,从而实现言语的幽默。此外,某些语言模因还能够再现自身的幽默内涵,调动相关的幽默感受,从而使言语具有幽默效果。语言模因的基本特性,在言语幽默的表达和理解上均发挥着关键作用。     

论《诗经》的幽默艺术

西方的“幽默”艺术与中国传统的“谐谑”技艺极为相似。《诗经》的幽默主要体现在下面几方面 :一是通过漫画式的描写 ,突出刻画被嘲弄者形象的某种缺点或特征 ,使其显得滑稽可笑 ,形成性格性幽默 ,如《豳风·狼跋》 ;二是具有幽默性格的人 ,往往对人生持乐观态度 ,常爱以谐辞谑语进行调侃、打趣 ,寻求快乐 ,由此 ,往往会产生出一种情景幽默与喜剧性效应 ,如《郑风》的《山有扶苏》、《狡童》、《褰裳》等。这两种幽默 ,遵循“谐而不谑”的规范 ,无伤大雅。此外还有一种讽刺性幽默 ,即微笑地玩弄世间荒谬事物的讽刺 ,它以辛辣的嘲讽 ,去揭示事物的可笑、愚蠢、荒谬与卑劣 ,在笑声中达到批判的目的 ,如《邶风·新台》、《陈风·株林》。应当说 ,在某些情况下 ,讽刺性幽默的运用 ,使人们在笑声中不仅揭露出事物丑恶的本质 ,同时在批判的过程中在精神上也获得了一定程度的满足感与愉悦感 ,因而也更有趣味。     

英式幽默文化研究——以憨豆先生为例

幽默是一种能激发起人类心理某种情感的智慧。幽默文化无处不在,英式幽默具有明显的特质,以"冷"为主,人物通常平庸、拘谨、自嘲。憨豆先生,作为英式幽默文化的典型代表,充分地体现了英式幽默人物形象特征。英式幽默主要来源于英国文化,并以经济和文化发展为依托,同时,性格上的遗传因素也是形成英式幽默表现特征的重要原因之一。     

幽默感研究述评

幽默感是个体在幽默活动中表现出来的惯常的行为、经验、情感、态度和能力的差异，是一种稳定的人格特质。幽默感是某种态度、气质、能力、情绪和行为几方面因素的独特整合，在表现风格上有积极和消极两个维度。幽默感和额叶、颞叶和脑干背、腹侧等几个脑区的活动有关。多数研究结果支持幽默感有利于身心健康，但也有一些相反的结果。     

跨文化背景下英汉言语幽默的对比分析

幽默是任何文化中都普遍存在的语言现象,它既有全球共性,同时又因民族的不同特性而存在差异。从语音、语义和语用三个层次探讨英汉言语幽默在语言生成机制上的相似性,从文化学的角度,分析它们在幽默的主题、幽默使用的场合和对象、幽默的风格这三方面存在的差异,促进幽默在不同文化间的传播。     

美国黑色幽默探源

＂黑色幽默＂是二十世纪六十年代风行于美国的一种文学流派,事实上黑色幽默文学源远流长,至少可以追溯到华盛顿·欧文、爱伦·坡、马克·吐温等作家的一些作品。通过分析《睡谷传说》《焦油博士和羽毛教授的疗法》《哈克贝利·芬历险记》中＂黑色＂和＂幽默＂成分,总结得出以上三部作品具有典型的黑色幽默小说因素。这些美国早期作品可以认为是美国黑色幽默文学的一个源头。     

浅谈课堂英语教学中幽默的设计

教学幽默就是用富有情趣、意味深长和能启迪智慧的手段,向学生传授知识,发展学生能力的一种教学手段,是培养学生幽默感和乐观主义人生观的一种教学艺术形式。教学幽默对于活化英语教学具有独特的作用。它有助于激活课堂气氛,减轻学生的焦虑感;有利于学生对知识的理解和巩固;有利于发展学生能力、优化学生的个性品质和融洽师生关系;有利于提高英语教学质量。     

翻译目的论指导下的幽默翻译

翻译目的论自提出以来,在各类翻译活动中得到了广泛的应用。翻译目的论的三原则,即目的原则、连贯原则和忠实原则,对大量存在于各类文本中的英语情景幽默与非情景幽默的翻译都具有积极与现实的指导意义。