| Description |
1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kourouma, Ahmadou -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kourouma, Ahmadou. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Achebe, Chinua. |
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Beyala, Calixthe -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kourouma, Ahmadou -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Achebe, Chinua -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Beyala, Calixthe. |
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Beyala, Calixthe -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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African literature (French) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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African literature (French) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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African literature (English) |
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Irony in literature.
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Irony in literature. |
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Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
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Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne. Shaken wisdom. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 9780813931869 (DLC) 2011022867 (OCoLC)729863262 |
| ISBN |
9780813932002 (electronic book) |
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0813932009 (electronic book) |
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9780813931869 |
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081393186X |
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9780813931876 |
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0813931878 |
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