The Comparative Study Of Banter Phenomenon In Renaissance And Late Ming Literature

Chapter 1 puts forward the purpose of the study and does some essential preparation before the research.The Renaissance and the Late Ming are social transformation periods but belong to two regions with different culture backgrounds.However,a large emerge of erotic jokes appeared in both periods.There must be some common reasons in this phenomenon,as well as differences,which lead to two results.The preparation also includes the explanation of the reason to choose erotic jokes as the representative of the banter phenomenon and the comparability of the two periods in a specific resource.Chapter 2 focuses on the literature commonality of the two periods.On the one hand,it shows four common types in the texts,including organs and excrement,brothels,intrigues and fornication.On the other hand,it also relays on Freud's theory of humor and its subconscious and explains the common sense of the banter phenomenon in psychology.Chapter 3 is the further development of Chapter 2.In order to explore the common cultural representation in the two periods,it will apply Bakhtin's carnival theory,and also combine social backgrounds with the writers' experience.On the basis of the former research of the banter commonality in the social transformation periods,Chapter 4 will point out three reasons about the political environment,the critical intensity and the attitudes toward vulgar literature,which all lead to the differences between the Renaissance and the Late Ming.The conclusion is the summary of the whole thesis.The commonality of the literature and the spirit has led to a large emerge of the banter phenomenon in the social transformation period.However,the diversity such as cultural backgrounds and mentality has also resulted in different social transformation.