The Purpose of Black Humour

Authors Avatar by camillemccollum (student)

Subject: Black Humor

Type of text: Opinion column

Rationale:

The theme I chose for my written task, Black Humor, comes from the relationship of Roald Dahl’s own context and work, seen in my IB English course, with this genre. Within my written task I connect the aspects and usage of it with my personal opinion and point of view, considering the relationship of it to the fact that the understanding of historical, cultural and social context in which particular texts or in this case, genre change or are perceived in a different way.

The purpose of my choice of Black Humor as the theme of my written task is related to my desire of amplifying this concept to express my own opinion of what Black Humor is, but actually not precisely what it is or what it is supposed to be, instead, showing all the sides of it and what it means. An opinion column seemed to be the perfect choice, because I did not want to investigate about what this type of humor is and its origins so that people could read it and understand it better, no. I want people to understand it better but from my point of view and from what the assumptions and assurances I have made up myself about this genre.

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Black Humor

Black Humor? Well, this non-conceivable genre for most people, was visualized in 1935 to make a sub-genre of comedy and satire in which the laughs come from an attitude or situation that reflects a faithless and hopeless state of mind, frequently using themes such as death. It essentially manages the work to still be funny in the atmosphere of, and actually in response to, a hopeless, stressful, traumatic, or life threatening situations, as said, often used in contexts such that death is perceived as approaching and inevitable. In other words, it’s ridiculous and gloomy humor used ...

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