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- Title
The Linguistic Epitome of Paradox as a Means of Expliciting Black Humour in Joseph Heller's Catch-22.
- Authors
COCU, Iulia
- Abstract
Joseph Heller has learned from Beckett, Camus and Kafka and his style resembles the style of these writers but he is clearly himself a novelist who may be looked upon as one of the most interesting black humourists, mainly through his use of the paradoxical character that lays behind the rule named Catch-22. Paradox is, in fact, the main stylistic means of expressing black humour used by Heller in his novel, Catch-22. This is the reason why the present paper focuses on the linguistic stylistic analysis of black humour as expressed by the catch-22 rule and by other instances of paradox usage all through the novel.
- Subjects
HELLER, Joseph, 1923-1999; CATCH-22 (Book : Heller); LINGUISTICS; BLACK humor; PARADOX; OXYMORON
- Publication
Translation Studies: Retrospective & Prospective Views, 2016, Vol 19, p33
- ISSN
2065-3514
- Publication type
Article