Shaken Wisdom : Irony and Meaning in Postcolonial African Fiction /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Beyala, Calixthe > Criticism and interpretation.
Achebe, Chinua > Criticism and interpretation.
Kourouma, Ahmadou > Criticism and interpretation.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Irony in literature.
African literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
African literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
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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