Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction /

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In her focus on irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction, Gloria Nne Onyeoziri refers to an internal subversion of the discourse of the wise and the powerful, a practice that has played multiple roles in the circulation of knowledge, authority, and opinion within African communities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Temas:
Kourouma, Ahmadou > Criticism and interpretation.
Achebe, Chinua > Criticism and interpretation.
Beyala, Calixthe > Criticism and interpretation.
Achebe, Chinua
Beyala, Calixthe
Kourouma, Ahmadou
1900-1999
African literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism.
African literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Irony in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Littérature africaine (française) > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature africaine (anglaise) > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Ironie dans la littérature.
Signification (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
African literature (English)
African literature (French)
Irony in literature
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: African ironies
  • From rhetoric to semantics
  • Interpreting irony
  • Pragmatics and Ahmadou Kourouma's (post)colonial state
  • Chinua Achebe's Arrow of god and the pragmatics of proverbial irony
  • Calixthe Beyala: new conceptions of the ironic voice
  • Conclusion: when the handshake has become another thing.

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