Oxford English Dictionary gives its second definition under the word "irony":"a condition of affairs or events of a character opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected; a contradictory outco...Oxford English Dictionary gives its second definition under the word "irony":"a condition of affairs or events of a character opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected; a contradictory outcome of events as if in mockery of the promise and fitness of things." Here I would like to classify Situational Irony into four kinds.展开更多
文摘Oxford English Dictionary gives its second definition under the word "irony":"a condition of affairs or events of a character opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected; a contradictory outcome of events as if in mockery of the promise and fitness of things." Here I would like to classify Situational Irony into four kinds.
