美国文学史期末复习_名词解释_简答term.docx

Black humor : the term black humor was created in 1920s, but it was not noticed until 1960s.it was particularly a literary phenomenon in America after WW n . Black humor, in literature, is drama, novel, and film, grotesque or morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insen sitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the moder n world. Ordinary characters or situations are usually exaggerated far beyond the limits of normal satire or irony. Black humor uses devices often associated with tragedy and is sometimes equated with tragic face. Josegh Heller and Kury Vonn egut are famous for their no vels of b