第二十二條軍規(guī)敘事特征分析

1、上海交通大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文《第二十二條軍規(guī)》敘事特征分析姓名：姜穎申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：胡全生20091201iii Abstract Joseph Heller (1923-1999) is the most prominent American novelist of the absurd in the postwar period. He served in the US Air Force during t

2、he WW II, and wrote the best-known novel Catch-22 according to his experience in the war. Since its publication, the novel has generated a variety of literary criticism both at home and abroad from the perspective of th

3、eme, black humor, character and structure. However, analysis of the narrative features is seldom touched upon. This thesis attempts to analyze the novel based on Rimmon-Kenan and Genette’s theory on narrative discourse f

4、rom the perspective of time and space, focalization and speech presentation. The dissertation is divided into five chapters. Chapter One initially gives a short introduction to the author Joseph Heller, the plot overvie

5、w of Catch-22, the literature reviews on this novel and the significance of this dissertation. Chapter Two to Chapter Four are the core parts of the thesis. Chapter Two discusses the story of Catch-22 in two subparts:

6、time arrangement and space arrangement in Catch-22, and each will be supplemented by their presentation and their significance. Since time arrangement will be related with temporal order and temporal frequency, author wi

7、ll pay attention to rationalizing the whole story and dig out the reason for that order. Chapter Three studies and illustrates in details focalization in Catch-22 and its unique effect, with subparts as the introduction

8、of Genette’s theory on focalization, the classification of Catch-22’s focalization and its usage. Chapter Four is about the analysis of direct discourse in Catch-22. The novel is permeated with dialogues between characte

9、rs, which creates the atmosphere of startling reality. Chapter Five is the conclusion that sums up the discussion in the previous chapters and exposes the significance of the dissertation. Keywords: Heller, Catch-22, foc