| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·An Introduction to Black Humor | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Origin of Black Humor | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Artistic Features of Black Humor | 第12-14页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Catch-22 | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions and Research Method of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Black Humor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Catch-22 | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Discourse Analysis | 第22-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-39页 |
| ·Semantic Devices of Discourse Analysis | 第28-31页 |
| ·Reference | 第28-29页 |
| ·Substitution | 第29页 |
| ·Phonetic Devices | 第29页 |
| ·Repetition | 第29-30页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第30-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Devices of Discourse Analysis | 第31-39页 |
| ·Speech Acts | 第31-32页 |
| ·Conversational Principles | 第32-36页 |
| ·Cooperative Principle | 第32-34页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Context of Discourse | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four The Generation and Perception of Black Humor | 第39-66页 |
| ·Black Humor and Semantic Devices | 第39-46页 |
| ·Black Humor Created by Reference | 第39-40页 |
| ·Black Humor Created by Substitution | 第40-41页 |
| ·Black Humor Created by Phonetic Means | 第41页 |
| ·Black Humor Created by Repetition | 第41-45页 |
| ·Black Humor Created by Parallel Structure | 第45-46页 |
| ·Black Humor and Pragmatic Devices | 第46-66页 |
| ·Speech Acts and Black Humor | 第46-51页 |
| ·Conversational Principles and Black Humor | 第51-61页 |
| ·Cooperative Principles and Black Humor | 第51-59页 |
| ·Politeness Principle | 第59-61页 |
| ·Context and Black Humor | 第61-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第72页 |
