本站原创Acknowledgements6-7
Abstract7-8
摘要8-10
Chapter One INTRODUCTION10-18
1.1 Literature Review10-14
1.2 Aims and Objectives14-15
1.3 Theoretical Framework15-18
Chapter Two GENERAL FEATRES OF POE’S HUMOROUS TALES18-23
2.1 Definition of Humor18-19
2.2 Source of Poe’s Tales of Humor—Southwestern Humor19-21
2.3 Features of Humor in Poe’s Tales21-23
Chapter Three INCONGUITY INTERPRETATION FOR POE’S HUMOROUS TALES23-30
3.1 Definition of Incongruity23
3.2 Interpretation of Poe’s Humor from Incongruity Theory23-30
3.2.1 Incongruity of Common Sense24-26
3.2.2 Incongruity of Social Culture26-27
3.2.3 Incongruity of Rhetoric27-28
3.2.4 Incongruity of Semantics28-30
Chapter Four HUMOROUS ARCHETYPAL FIGURES IN POE’S TALES OF HUMOR30-41
4.1 Archetypal Trickster30-32
4.1.1 Interpretation of the Trickster in “Diddpng”30-31
4.1.2 Pendulum in “the Businesan”31-32
4.2 Archetypal Hero32-36
4.2.1 Thingum Bob in" pterary pfe of Thingum Bob", ESQ33-34
4.2.2 Blackwood in "How to Write a Blackwood Article"34-35
4.2.3 Signora Psyche Zenobia in “a Predicament"35-36
4.3 Archetypal Demon36-40
4.3.1 Little Old Gentleman in “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”37-38
4.3.2 Devil in “Bon-Bon”38-40
4.4 Archetypal Death40-41
Chapter Five ARCHETYPAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CAUSE OF HUMOR in POE’S TALES41-47
5.1 Cause Analysis of Hero Archetype41-42
5.2 Cause Analysisof Trickster Archetype42-43
5.3 Cause Analysis of Deadpan Archetype43-44
5.4 Cause Analysis of Fiendish Archetype44-47
Conclusion47-49
Works Cited49-53
Appendix53-54