This article explores the theory of plot in Aristotle s Poetics,analyses the two-plot structure of Shakespeare s famous tragedy ——King Lear,by which the author finds that Shakespeare has inherited and developed Aristotle s theory of tragedy and has created unique tragic effect.

Tracing the origin as well as the development of Greek tragedy,the author of this thesis aims to analyse the relations between The Mayor of Casterbridge and Greek tragedy,to elaborate the characteristics of the novelistic tragedy as well as its tragic effect.

This article compares the structural skills of Tess of the D Urbervilles with that of Oedipus the King,which was considered as a model for tragedy by Aristotle,concluding that the former s ingenious structural skills have close relation to the intense tragic effect produced by the novel.

This paper studies the comic sketch from the perspective of pragmatic presupposition,and finds out that the use of presupposition can contribute both to the characterization and thematic promotion and the enhancement of humor and comic effect of the sketch.

The English figure of speech,malapropism,and the Chinese one,"fei bai",are corresponding figures and their common characteristic is that the substitution of one word for another incorrect word with a similar sound deliberately or unconsciously,by imitating,recording or quoting the absurd or humorous misuse of a word of someone else,or purposefully misusing a word,usually to comic effect.

that makes a hilarious comic effect.

How to Make Laugh: The Study and Analysis on Create Skill & Comedy Effect of Chinese Sitcom;

This paper holds that there exists an effect of comic satire in Saki s short story ″Mrs Packletide s Tiger″.