On the Humor of Mark TwainAn Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.docx
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OntheHumorofMarkTwainAnAnalysisofTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
OntheHumorofMarkTwain
—AnAnalysisofTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
论马克·吐温的幽默
—浅析《哈克贝里·芬历险记》
Contents
AbstractI
KeyWordsI
摘要II
关键词II
Introduction1
I.LiteratureReview2
A.CooperativePrinciple2
B.HumorandHumorTheories3
1.TheDefinitionofHumor3
2.TheoriesofHumor3
2.1SuperiorityTheories3
2.2ReleaseTheories4
2.3IncongruityTheories4
II.TheViolationofCooperativePrincipleandtheHumorofMarkTwain6
A.HumorCreatedbyViolatingMaximofQuality6
1.SayingWhatYouBelievetoBeFalse6
2.SayingWhatForWhichYouHaveNoEvidence10
B.HumorCreatedbyViolatingMaximofQuantity11
1.AbundanceoftheAmountofInformation12
2.DeficiencyoftheAmountofInformation13
C.HumorCreatedbyViolatingMaximofRelation14
Conclusion17
Acknowledgements18
Bibliography19
Abstract
ThisthesisattemptstoanalyzehumorousexamplesoccurredinMarkTwain’smasterpieceTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnintermsofCooperativePrincipletoobtainthehumorofMarkTwainfrompragmaticangle.Next,ontheanalysisofthedetailedstudyofTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,theauthorofthisthesisprobesintouniquehumorofMarkTwainthroughnumerousexamplesgeneratedbyviolationofCooperativePrinciple,thenmainlyconcentratesontheanalysisofviolationofthreemaximsofCooperativePrincipleintegratedwithhumortheories,namely,qualitymaxim,quantitymaxim,andrelationmaxim.Fromthisway,asufficientinquiryofhumorofMarkTwaininTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinncanbeachieved,whichischieflyappliedbyMarkTwaintomakereadersthinkdeeplyafterlaughing.AndthentheresultcanguidethereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingofMarkTwainandhisworks,anditcanalsoguidereaderstoappreciateworksofMarkTwainfrompragmaticangle.
KeyWords
thehumorofMarkTwain;cooperativeprinciple;violation
摘要
本文尝试运用语用学中合作原则的违背产生幽默的理论,并结合三大幽默理论来分析马克·吐温的代表作《哈克贝里·芬历险记》中的幽默实例,从而得出作者眼中的马克·吐温的幽默。
本文主要集中分析对合作原则的三个准则及其相关次则的违背,它们分别是:
质的准则,量的准则,关系准则。
基于对马克·吐温的代表作《哈克贝里·芬历险记》的仔细研读,本文作者通过详实的例子,探究马克·吐温独特的幽默写作风格,希望能对读者阅读幽默大师的作品有所帮助,对读者从语言学方面理解马克·吐温的作品有一定的指导作用。
关键词
马克·吐温的幽默;合作原则;违背
Introduction
Humorisaformofcommunicationwithanintenttoamuse,includingspecialcognitiveandemotionalcharacteristics,thatcausesapsychologicalreaction(Ziv,1998).Next,accordingtoWebster’sEncyclopedicUnabridgedDictionaryoftheEnglishDictionary,itdefineshumoras:
1.acomicqualitycausingamusement;2.thefacultyofperceivingwhatisamusingorcomical;3.thefacultyofexpressingtheamusingorcomical;4.comicalwritingortalkingeneral.Apartfromthedefinitionsofhumorgiveninvariousways,whatcauseshumororwhatamusespeoplehasbeenamajorconcernofstudiesofhumor.Traditionaltheoriesofhumorfallintothreetypes:
theIncongruityTheory,theSuperiorityTheoryandtheReleaseTheory.
Accordingtocollectedmaterials,mostscholarsexplorethehumorofMarkTwaininhisworksthroughanalyzingnumeroushumorousexamplesselectedfromthosedistinguishedworks.ThereareotherarticleswhichsetfocusoncombinationMarkTwain’sworkswithsomepragmatictheoriesrelatedtohumor.Comparedtothosearticles,fromtheanalysisofthosetheoriesmentionedabove,thisthesisattemptsapragmaticexploration——especiallytheCooperativePrinciple,mainlysettingfocusonthetheorythatviolationofCooperativePrinciplecanelicithumor,basedontheanalysisofMarkTwain’smasterpieceTheAdventureofHuckleberryFinn.Finally,theauthorofthisthesishasadesiretoobtainthehumorofMarkTwainfrompragmaticanglecombinedwithhumortheories.
Chapter1isabouttheliteraturereview,suchasthedefinitionofwesternhumor,theoriesofhumorandbasicknowledgeofCooperativePrinciple.
Chapter2focusesonthemainbodyofthisthesis,whichelucidatesonhumorofMarkTwainfrompragmaticangle.First,intermsofthetheorythatviolationofCooperativePrinciplecancreatehumor,someusefulandpreciseexamplescanbesought.Thenbasedontheoriesmentionedabove,anexactandsuitableanalysiswillbemadetoillustratetheauthor’sideathatthehumorofMarkTwain,tosomeextent,isachievedbymeansofviolationofCooperativePrinciple.
.LiteratureReview
A.CooperativePrinciple
Wenowknowthatquiteoftenthespeakercanmeanalotmorethanwhatissaid.Theproblemisthentoexplainhowthespeakercanmanagetoconveymorethanwhatissaidandhowthehearercanarriveatthespeaker’simpliedmeaning.OxfordphilosopherHerbertPaulGriceproposesthatinordinaryconversation,speakersandhearersshareaCooperativePrinciple.Speakersshapetheirutterancestobeunderstoodbyhearers.Hesuggeststhatthereisasetofassumptionsguidingtheconductofconversation.
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