Catch22-第二十二條軍規(guī)課件

Catch-22DalinWangCatch-22(work,paradoxical,)BackgroundPlotOverviewCharacterAnalysisThemesWritingTechniquesContentCatch-22isasatiricalnovelwhichwasfirstpublishedin1961.ItissetduringWWIIin1943andisfrequentlycitedasoneofthegreatliteraryworksofthetwentiethcentury.Itusesadistinctivenon-chronologicalthird-personomniscientnarration,describingeventsfromdifferentcharacters'pointsofviewandoutofsequencesothatthetimelinedevelopsalongwiththeplot.1.Catch-22(paradoxical)

insanesocanbegroundedclaiminsaneonlyprovesane,cannotbegroundedaCatch-22situation:animpossiblesituationbecauseyoucannotdoonethinguntilyoudoanotherthing,butyoucannotdothesecondthinguntilyoudothefirstthing.相互矛盾的困窘Eg.It'saCatch-22situationhere.Nobodywantstosupportyouuntilyou'resuccessful,butwithoutthesupporthowcanyoueverbesuccessful?Nazi’sbutcher:atomicbomb,people’spanicColdwar:Mccarthyism,muturalfearandhostilityTheKoreanWarandVietnamWarAssassinationofKennedyandMartinLutherKing,Feminism,anti-warmovement,Water-GatescandalAmericandreamdisillusion3.PlotOverview

WWII,YossarianandhissquadronstationedonPianosa.Theyendureanightmarish,absurdexistencedefinedbybureaucracyandviolence.(inhumanresources,brutalcombatsituations,goodaerialphotographs,numberofmissionsinscreasing,awargoingoninYossarian’smind,crazy)3.PlotOverviewYossarian’sstory,coreofthenovel,eventsrefractedthroughhispointofview,takethewarpersonally,notswayedbynationalideals,furiouswhenlifeindanger,desiretolive,soinhospital,fakingillnesstoavoidwar,troubledbyhismemoryofSnowden,himinridiculous,absurd,desperate,tragiccircumstances---friendsdisappear,bombedbyownmen,topdogsmerciless.3.PlotOverview

NatelydiedinmissionwhenfallinginlovewithawhorewhoblamedYossarianandtriedtokillhim.Miloclaimseveryhasashare,butfalse.ArrestedinRome,2choices---courtmartialorhomehonorable(support,agree80missions).Desertarmy,fleetoSweden,goodbyetodehumanizingcoldmachineryofthemilitary,rejectstheruleofCatch-22,afutureinhisowncontrol.4.CharacterAnalysisYossarian:protagonist,alienated,insaneoutsider,anti-hero,avoidriskinglife,morbidlifephilosophy,illogicalworld(lifethreatedbymissions),logicaltosurvive,self-preservation,inconflictbyfriends’death,whenhavetomakeachoice,between,formedhisownCatch-22---nomortalconcernaboutothers,meaninglesslife;ifyes,lifeindanger,flee,liberate4.CharacterAnalysisMiloMinderbinder:representingcapitalistfreeenterprise,brilliantandinsane,blackmarkettomakemoney,bendhisrulesformoney,likedbyeveryone;however,bombownsquadronbecauseofthedealwithGermans,becomingevil,evilforcecannotbecontrolled,showcapitalismtransendingpoliticalideology,acceptanceofpaymenttoshoweveryonevaluesmoney.4.CharacterAnalysisConolelCathcart:ambitious,unintelligentofficierinchargeofYossarin’ssquadron,wanttobeageneral,trytoimpresshissuperiorsbyvolunteeringhismenfordangerouscobat,increasingflyingnumbers4.CharacterAnalysisChaplain:

warmakinghimdoubtaboutGod,struggletomaintainhisfaith,religionasatoolforofficiertohavepromotion;whenaccused,realisedinnocencedoesnotmatter,wardestroysmoralandethicalcodes,losthiswayinsuchanabsurdworld.5.Themes5.1TheAbsolutePowerofBureauracy5.2LossofReligiousFaith5.3TheImpotenceofLanguage5.4TheInevitabilityofDeath6.WritingTechniques

5.1StructureFormlessformationRepetitiousScenesBewilderingChronology(psychologicaltime)5.2BlackHumor,(example)5.3Parody,example

5.4Symbolism5.5Anti-hero

Blackhumor,alsocalled“blackcomedy”,or“comedyoftheabsurd.”Comparedwithtraditional,blackhumorismoreclosetosatire,meaningakindofhumorincludingbothcomicandterrible.Blackhumorwritersusuallybreaktheconvention,makingtheplotillogical,mixingtherealitywithfancyandreminiscence,seriousnesswithplayfulness.“You’redead,sir,”oneofhistwoenlistedmenexplained.DocDaneekajerkedhisheadupquicklywithresentfuldistrust.“What’sthat?”“You’redead,sir,”repeatedtheother.“That’sprobablythereasonyoualwaysfeelsocold.”“That’sright,sir.You’veprobablybeendeadallthistimeandwejustdidn’tdetectit.”(p.341)

Parodymeansthehyperbolic,distorted,ironicimitationofcontemporarysocialphenomenaorhistoricaleventsaswellasthestructures,themes,genresofclassicworks,makingthemlookpreposterous,burlesqueandabsurd,thuscriticizingtheconventionalandhistoricalsenseofvaluefromtheliteraryangle.MerchantofVenice,ShyloksaysthefollowingwordsinActthree:“IamaJew.HathnotaJeweyes?HathnotaJewhands,organs,dimensions,senses,affections,passions?fedwiththesamefood,hurtwiththesameweapons,subjecttothesamediseases,healedbythesamemeans,warmedandcooledbythesamewinterandsummer,asaChristianis?Ifyouprick.us,dowenotbleed?”ParodyofTheMerchantofVenice,Iftheyprickedhim,didn’thebleed?Andifhewastickled,didn’thelaugh?Itseemednevertohaveoccurredtothemthathe,justasth