| In the modern literary history, Lin Yutang is an important theoretician. His theory of humor not only has a great contribution to modern literary theory, but also has a great value and significance in the advancement of modern society. First, Lin Yutang's theory of humor bases on the history of western humor, especially inherits the comedy spirit from Meredith's Essay on Comedy. Second, Lin Yutang's theory of humor contains rich connotation. He thinks that the peripeteia is the mechanism which produces humor, and the thought of aloofness is the root of the humor. And the meaning smile which caused by humor, also contains rich connotation. In addition, he unifies the humor, personality and the unbuttoned moods together in the system of the theory of humor. Finally, the theory of humor has a great value and significance in the advancement of modern society. Under the system of the theory of humor, Lin Yutang restudies traditional literature and tries to excavate the humanism spirit, which promotes the development of modern popular culture and expands the influence of thought at the same time and thus complies with the subject of enlightenment, making contributions to the advancement of the modern society. Lin Yutang derives his knowledge from the development of humor's history, and then formes the systematic theory of humor. At the same time, the thought which contained in Lin Yutang's theory of humor, complies with the subject of enlightenment, thus unfolds the proper value of the theory of humor in the advancement of modern society. |
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