情景喜剧《生活大爆炸》中的美式幽默浅析_英语论文

The Study of American Humor in the TV Series The Big Bang Theory

摘要

美式幽默是在美国本土文化下产生的一种幽默形式。在许多室内剧当中都可以看到美式幽默的存在。生活大爆炸作为一部高收视率的美国情景喜剧以其幽默的人物角色以及有趣的电视情节闻名。在剧中，处处可见美式幽默的身影。本文主要以生活大爆炸为例，讨论美式幽默的影响因素、表达方式、作用以及对美国和中国影视的影响等方面。从美国文化方面进一步帮助电视观众理解美式幽默。

关键词：美式幽默；情景喜剧；美国文化；《生活大爆炸》

Abstract

American humor refers to the conventions and common threads which tie together humor in the United States. And humor usually concerns aspects of American culture. For its entertainment, humor is widely used in the creation and production of American situation comedies. The TV series The Big Bang Theory is one of the famous sitsoms with the highest-rated scripted series on TV in the states. It is famous for humorous characters and highly interesting plots. This paper discusses influencing factors,linguistic expressions, functions and influences of American humor by taking The Big Bang Theory as an example. The author of this thesis hopes to help televiewers get further understanding about American humor based on American culture.

Key words：American humor；sitcom；American culture；The Big Bang Theory