Abstract It is an Italian film, but it is very popular around the world. In English, this film is called life Is Beautiful, the story is actually introduced to us by an adult Giosuè, narrating over the image of his father called Guido, carrying him through the mist towards the mountain of corpses in the camp, and saying that in this story, “this is a simple story but not an easy one to tell. Like a fable, there is sorrow, and, like a fable, it is full of wonder and happiness.” It is because the father expresses hard life in concentrating camp with the technique of black humor that the boy thinks life is full of wonder and beauty. This essay is attempting to make a brief analysis of Life is Beautiful from the black humor angle. After the analysis, the author will try to conclude that the usage of black humor in Life is Beautiful is one of the great elements of its success. 61230

Keywords: black humor; Life is Beautiful; influence

摘要这是一部意大利电影，但却在世界范围内广受欢迎。这部电影的名字翻译成英文便是美丽人生。影片的故事是由已经成年的约书亚讲述的，他给我们描述了一个领着他穿过尸骨成山的集中营的伟大父亲形象。约书亚自己也说：“这是个简单的故事，但并不易讲，像寓言，有悲有喜；也像寓言，充满惊奇和美丽。”这是因为约书亚的父亲圭多用黑色幽默的方式向约书亚解释了集中营的艰苦生活，年幼的约书亚才会觉得生活不可思议，生活如此美好。本文旨在从黑色幽默的角度简要分析电影《美丽人生》。分析过后，作者也将努力得出黑色幽默是《美丽人生》这部电影取得成功的重要因素之一。

毕业论文关键词：黑色幽默；美丽人生；影响

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Black Humor 3

3.1 Definition of black humor 3

3.2Background of black humor 4

3.3 Features of black humor 6

4.Life Is Beautiful and black humor in Life Is Beautiful 6

4.1 Position of Life Is Beautiful 6

4.2 Background of Life Is Beautiful 7

4.3Plot of Life Is Beautiful 7

4.4 Case study on black humor in Life Is Beautiful 10

4.5 Influence of using black humor in Life Is Beautiful   10 

5. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 12

 1. Introduction

It is because the plot was absurd but impressive that makes the film of Life Is Beautiful was so different from other war films ; it is a typical film about black humor, although we laughed a lot during the film, but we still feel depressive after watching it,because the black humor is a recognition that life is not fair, thus the control our life of risk consciousness.The author attempts to make a brief analysis of black humor in Life Is Beautiful and aims to make reader think more deep about life, and try to appreciate and enjoy our lives.

This thesis tries to make a brief analysis of Life Is Beautiful from the perspective of black humor. It consists of five parts, with two chapters coming after the introduction and literature review, the last part is conclusion. 

Chapter one is mainly about black humor, which includes: definition of black humor, background of black humor, and features of black humor. The definition of black humor is that black humor combines humor with resentment,gloom,anger and despair .Black comedy is the origin of black humor. Black humor can be traced back to the era of Shakespeare. However, at present,black humor is often used to refer to some western, especially the writer of America after World WarⅡ.Black humor has three characteristics, they are: metaphysical subject, absurd and allegorized plot, and ‘Anti-hero’ characters.  源:自'优尔.·论,文;网·www.youerw.com/