Elements of Gallows Humor in Vonnegut s Slaughter House Five

This study analyzes the outstanding satirist Kurt Vonnegut s novel Slaughter-house-five to demonstrate how the elements of Gallows Humor are applied to provide a better understanding of the author s worldview and of his narrative process. This is an anti-war book in which Vonnegut has attempted to blend the serious theme with humor. Through the choice of his protagonist- Billy Pilgrim- and the manipulation of black humor,Vonnegut exposes the atrocities of war from a new viewpoint. The focal point is to extract the phrases containing gallows humor, a sort of black humor, to be studied and explained by details, accordingly some literary terms are to be precisely defined and the unique styleof writing is indispensable.

Elements of Gallows Humor in Vonnegut s Slaughter House Five Keywords:

Anti-war , Black Humor , Gallows Humor , Satire , Humor , Vonnegut