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1、OnBlackHumorinCatch-22AbstractThispaperfocusesonthestudyofblackhumorinCatch-22,whichisoneofthetypicalrepresentativebooksofblackhumor.Atfirst,itintroducestheauthorofCatch-22,JosephHellerandthisnovel.Andthen,itproceedstomakeageneralexplanationofblackhumor.Inthefollowingsections,thispaperm
2、ainlyanalyzesblackhumorincatch-22throughfouraspects,includingtheportrayalofmaincharacters,thearrangementofthestructure,thethemesofthenovelandthefeaturesoflanguage.Allinall,catch-22isoneofthemostimportantworksofblackhumorandthispaperwouldbehelpfulforthereaderstohaveabetterunderstandingof
3、thenovelcatch-22.Keywords:blackhumor,Catch-22,paradoxical,absurd1.IntroductionJosephHeller(1923-1999)isanAmericannovelists,playwrightandshortstorywriter.AsoneofthemostprominentAmericancontemporarynovelists,hisbest-knownnovel,Catch-22,isrecognizedasamajorworkofthepostwarperiodandremainsh
4、ismostfamousandacclaimedwork.Becausehismarveloususeofblackhumorandsatireinhisliterarycreation,Hellerbecomesoneoftherepresentativesofblackhumor-anindispensableliterarytrendwhichthrivedintheUnitedStatesin1960s.HewasborninBrooklynin1923.In1942,HellerenlistedintheArmyAirCorps.In1944,hiscade
5、ttrainingcompletedandhewasdispatchedtoCorsica,cohereheservedasawingbombardieronsixtycombatmissionsuntilhegothonorablydischarged.Hence,hismilitaryexperiencesaresimultaneouslyreflectedinCatch-22.AfterthewithdrawalfromtheWorldWarⅡ,heenjoyedalongcareerasawriterandateacher.HellerwroteCatch-2
6、2whileworkingataNewYorkCitymarketingfirmproducingadcopy.ApartfromCatch-22,hisbest-sellingbooksincludeSomethingHappened,GoodasGold,PictureThis,GodknowsandClosingTime.Heller’sworksarecharacterizedbyasatiricalsenseoftheabsurd,speakingoutagainstthemilitary-industrialcomplexandthoseorganized
7、institutionswhichseemtomanipulatepeople’slivesinthenameofreasonormorality.ButmostsignificantisHeller’smasterfulemploymentofblackhumor.Heisrealisticabouthisskills:“Icanbefunny—forone-halfpageatatime…Icanbehumorousinseveralways—withirony,withdialogue,withfarcicalsituations,andocc
