约瑟夫·海勒的代表作《第二十二条军规》是一部黑色幽默的杰作。海勒将喜剧与悲剧、滑稽与恐怖这些原本相对立的元素巧妙地融为一体,从而构成对战时和战后美国社会盛行的官僚作风的辛辣讽刺。《军规》中运用的黑色幽默写作手法主要表现在语言、角色塑造和结构安排这三方面上,这些都对小说主题的揭示起到了重要的作用。 Joseph Heller’s masterpiece “Twenty-two military rules” is a masterpiece of black humor. Heller’s ingenious blend of comedy and tragedy, comic and horrifying elements of the opposite, thus constituting a spicy satire of bureaucracy prevailing in wartime and post-war American society. The black humorous writing techniques used in “Military Rules” are mainly manifested in three aspects: language, role shaping and structure arrangement, all of which play an important role in revealing the theme of the novel.