The Function of Black Humor and Satire in the Dystopian Novel Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood

ISBN-13: 9783668412613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 20 str.

Jule Grassmann

Opis

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, University of Rostock (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Proseminar: Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake. Contexts and Criticism, language: English, abstract: This essay sets out to analyze Margaret Atwood's use of black humor and satire in her novel -Oryx and Crake-. Furthermore, it examines the function of such. Especially this essay looks at Atwood's intention to provide a satiric tone and black humor and shows that they are based on social observations and concerns that are evident in the early twenty-first century. To achieve this, the paper is structured into two main chapters. In the first chapter on -Black Humor and Satire- the author gives an overview of these terms, serving as a framework for further investigations. Additionally, the paper deals with laughter, to show which kind of laughter derives from Atwood's humor. In the next chapter on -Observations on Black Humor and Satire in Oryx and Crake-, the paper focuses on the satirical tone and the black humor in the novel, based on the author's own reception of the text.