AcknowledgementsI want to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Zhang Baolai. Without him, I can never finish my thesis. At the beginning of writing this thesis, I had no idea of how to arrange it. Mr. Zhang brought me great hope with his constant encouragement and patient guidance, and finally I can have a clear arrangement to my thesis.I also want to say thank you to my dear parents and my younger sister, who accompanied me and cared for me all the time. It’s really an uneasy journey to complete this thesis and they are the one who encouraged me to overcome the pressure and difficulties. My appreciation also goes to my friends, with whom I spent my valuable and wonderful four years. I really learned a lot from them.AbstractAs a well–known humorist and a prolific writer, Mark Twain is regarded as a literary giant. He creates lots of famous short stories and novels with his talented gift, among which the most famous novel is his masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book gains its popularity in literature, even in the world. Hence, there are so many people studying this novel from various perspectives. In this thesis, the author will analyze it from the perspective of incongruity, to find out the using of incongruity theory in the novel and its humorous effects. This thesis consists of five parts. Part one is a general introduction to Mark twain and the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Part two is literature reviews to have a broad outline of previous study of this novel. Part three is the theoretical background in which “humor” and “humor theories”, especially incongruity theory will be defined. Part four is the main body of this the...
