Humors in Rip Van Winkle

摘要

Humor is widely employed in Irving’s Rip Van Winkle. There are several kinds of humors in this short story, for example: irony, satire, farce, mockery, etc. Different humors indicate different attitudes the writer adopts toward his subject matter.This essay aims at grasping the main idea of the story through the analyses of various uses of humor.