简介:Darkhumour:makingjokesaboutthingsthatareusuallyconsideredtobeseriousorsad.Expertssaythatlaughingisanabilitythatisspecifictohumanbeings.Nootheranimaldoesit.Sowhydowe?ThePurposeofLaughter笑的目的Formostpeople,laughingisawayofshowingwearehappyorrelieved[宽慰的]—weusuallylaughwithotherpeoplepresent[在场的]andithelpsrelaxtheatmosphere.Anotherreasonforlaughteristhatithelpsusdealwiththesensitiveareaofsocialmorality[道德观],orsituationswhicharenormallyserious,likedeath,diseaseorwar.Thisiswherehumoursometimesgets'dark.'
简介:<正>欲论“黑色幽默”,当从“幽默”说起。林语堂何以要用幽默二字来音译Humour,而不勉强甩“朽木”、“蛤蟆”、“黑幕”、“胡摹”之类凑合,只求其译音近似而己呢?他自有他的道理:“凡善于幽默的人,其谐趣必愈幽隐,而善于鉴赏幽默的人,其欣赏犹在于内心静默的理会,大有不可与外人道之滋味,与粗鄙显露的笑话不同。幽默愈幽愈默而愈妙,故译为幽默。”本世纪六七十年代主要流行于美国的一个重要的现代主义文学流派“黑色幽默”,它的艺术特色与表现手法,确乎不同程度地显示在更为广泛更为深远的作家创作中。幽默已含幽隐之义,冠以“黑色”(Black),表明这种文学现象一再暗示人类的笑声至少有一种发自不