Nghiên cứu tính mỉa mai trong các truyện ngắn của Edgar Allan Poe

2016

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DECLARATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

1. PART A: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Rationale of the study

1.2. Aims of the study

1.3. Scope of the study

1.4. Significance of the study

1.5. Research questions

1.6. Research methods

1.7. Data collection and analysis

1.8. Design of the study

2. PART B: DEVELOPMENT

2. CHAPTER I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. A brief history of irony studies

2.2. Definitions of irony

2.3. Classification of irony

3. CHAPTER II: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Edgar Allan Poe and his works

3.2. Biography of Edgar Allan Poe

3.3. Edgar Allan Poe's horror story writing style

3.4. Three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe

3.5. Reliability and validity

4. CHAPTER 3: COMMON TYPES OF IRONY IN EDGAR ALLAN POE’S SHORT STORIES

4.1. Frequency of use of common types of irony in Poe’s short stories

4.2. Verbal irony in The Cask of Amontillado

4.3. Verbal irony in The Tell-Tale Heart

4.4. Situational irony in The Cask of Amontillado

4.5. Situational irony in The Tell-Tale Heart

4.6. Situational irony in The Black Cat

4.7. Dramatic irony in The Cask of Amontillado

4.8. Dramatic irony in The Tell-Tale Heart

4.9. Dramatic irony in The Black Cat

5. CHAPTER 4: THE CREATION OF IRONY IN EDGAR ALLAN POE’S SHORT STORIES

5.1. Frequency of use of techniques for creating irony in Poe’s short stories

5.2. Techniques for creating irony in Poe’s short stories

5.3. Pretended advice or encouragement to the victim

5.4. Pretended agreement with the victim

5.5. Innuendo and insinuation

5.6. Stylistically signalled irony

5.7. Poe’s use of irony

5.8. The effects of irony in Poe’s short stories

5.9. Implications of the study

5.10. Implications for interpretation of irony in literary works

5.11. Implications for teachers teaching American and English literature

5.12. Implications for students learning American and English literature

5.13. Limitation of the study and suggestions for further research

6. PART C: CONCLUSION

References and Appendices

Luận văn thạc sĩ vnu ulis a study on irony in short stories by edgar allan poe