Abstract: Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll. It is the fastest spread and the most widely spread book besides the Bible. The paper aims at stating that the author used quantity of the beauty of absurdity to create a fantastic and humorous environment through the aesthetic features of absurdity, its characteristic performance and rhetoric. Besides this, the beauty of absurdity also show the absurd side of life, and at the same time, build the identity of Alice, and sublimate the theme through many details.

Key words: Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland; beauty of absurdity; aesthetic features of absurdity; rhetoric; significance

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 Introduction of the Novel and Author-1

1.2-Introduction of the Beauty of Absurdity-2

2. The Aesthetic Features of Absurdity in the Novel-4

2.1 Extreme Exaggeration of Absurd Modeling-4

2.2 The Absurd Mix of Concrete Things-5

2.3 Absurd Expression of Contradiction Space-5

2.4 Absurdity of Classical Works-6

3. The Rhetoric Used to Express the Beauty of Absurdity in the Novel-6

3.1 Hyperbole-7

3.2 Parody-8

3.3-Pun-11

4. The Significance of the Beauty of Absurdity in the Novel-12

4.1 Show the absurd side of life-13

4.2 Help Build the Personal Image Characteristic of Alice-14

4.3 Sublimate Theme-15

5. Conclusion-17

References -18