| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-23页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research Questions and Thesis Statement | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第15-22页 |
| ·Major Theories of Humor | 第15-20页 |
| ·Origins of Jewish Humor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Schlemiel Character | 第21-22页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LINGUISITIC HUMOR | 第23-31页 |
| ·Comic Incongruity Based on Exaggeration | 第23-26页 |
| ·Comic Incongruity | 第26-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE HUMOR IN CHARACTERIZATION | 第31-46页 |
| ·Humor in the Characters Who Tend to Self-aggrandize | 第32-38页 |
| ·Humor in the Portrait of E.I.Lonoff | 第33-36页 |
| ·Humor in the Portrait of Amy Bellette | 第36-38页 |
| ·Self-depreciating Humor | 第38-44页 |
| ·Humor in the Portrait of Alexander Portnoy | 第39-42页 |
| ·Function | 第42-44页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SITUATIONAL HUMOR IN THE JEWISH FAMILY | 第46-60页 |
| ·Son-Parents Relationship in Portnoy's Complaint | 第48-56页 |
| ·Humor in the Portrait of Jewish Mother in Portnoy's Complaint | 第48-54页 |
| ·Humor in the son-father relationship in Portnoy's Complaint | 第54-56页 |
| ·Humor in the Son-Parents Relationship in The Ghost Writer | 第56-58页 |
| ·Conclusion:Smothered Son in a Jewish Family | 第58-60页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE HUMOR OF PHILIP ROTH AND THE JEWISH HUMOR | 第60-67页 |
| ·Jewish Humor in the United States | 第60-62页 |
| ·Comparison between the Humor by Philip Roth and the Jewish Humor | 第62-65页 |
| ·What's Similar between Them? | 第62-63页 |
| ·What's New in the Humor of Philip Roth? | 第63-65页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第65-67页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第67-69页 |
