Definition of Irony 具有讽刺意味的的定义.docVIP

Definition of Irony Excerpted from Ross Murfin and Supriyia M. Ray, The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Boston: Bedford, 1997. Irony: A contradiction or incongruity between appearance or expectation and reality. This disparity may be manifested in a variety of ways. A discrepancy may exist between what someone says and what he or she actually means, between what someone expects to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what actually is true. Furthermore, the terms irony may be applied to events, situations, and even structural elements