对《路的尽头》中的黑色幽默解读

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　　John Barth is deemed as one of the most influential writers of the second half of the twentieth century. His works, especially two pairs including The Sot-weed Factor （1960）, Giles Goat-Boy （1966）, Lost in the Funhouse （1968） and Chimera （1972） make sure his status as the representative writer of postmodern fiction;therefore, critics show tendency of discussing his works on postmodernism. Of all his works, The End of the Road is Barth’s least discussed novel, but it foreshadows his later themes ... 

【文章页数】：74 页

【学位级别】：硕士

【文章目录】：
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
    1.1 Literature review
        1.1.1 Literature review of John Barth and his works
        1.1.2 Barth's inspiration of writing The End of the Road
        1.1.3 Context of black humor
            1.1.3.1 Black humor fiction in America in the 1960s
            1.1.3.2 Black humor in other periods and in world literatures
    1.2 Research questions, thesis statement, and methodology
    1.3 Theoretical framework
Chapter Ⅱ Existentialism in The End of the Road
    2.1 Camus' theory of absurdity
    2.2 Analysis of existentialism in The End of the Road
        2.2.1 Horner— an existentialist from an outsider to a modern Sisyphus
        2.2.2 Products of dissimilation under absurdity
            2.2.2.1 Morgan—an outsider
            2.2.2.2 Rennie—a robot
Chapter Ⅲ Black Humor in The End of the Road
    3.1 Comparison between novels of existentialism and novels of black humor
    3.2 Conventional black humor—characterization of anti-heroes with comic language
    3.3 Analysis of black humor in The End of the Road
        3.3.1 Comic incongruity of characterization in The End of the Road
            3.3.1.1 Homer
            3.3.1.2 Morgan
            3.3.1.3 Rennie
        3.3.2 Open-ending
Chapter Ⅳ Conclusion
Bibliography


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