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Shaken wisdom irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction

Title
Shaken wisdom [electronic resource] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
Author
Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne.
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (178 p.)
Uniform Title
Shaken wisdom (Online)
Alternative Title
Shaken wisdom (Online)
Subject
  • Kourouma, Ahmadou > Criticism and interpretation
  • Achebe, Chinua > Criticism and interpretation
  • Beyala, Calixthe > Criticism and interpretation
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
LCCN
2011022867
OCLC
ssj0000606671
Author
Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne.
Title
Shaken wisdom [electronic resource] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.
Imprint
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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