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Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kourouma, Ahmadu, 1927-2003--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kourouma, Ahmadu.
- Achebe, Chinua--Criticism and interpretation.
- Achebe, Chinua.
- Beyala, Calixthe--Criticism and interpretation.
- Beyala, Calixthe.
- African literature (French)--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature (French).
- African literature (English)--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature (English).
- Irony in literature.
- Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although the author cites numerous African writers, she selects six works by Chinua Achebe, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Calixthe Beyala for her primary analysis. Modern Language Initiative.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613585714
- 9781280490484
- 1280490489
- 9780813932002
- 0813932009
- OCLC:
- 785943037
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