Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri.

Author/creator Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne
Format Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Description178 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011022867
ISBN9780813931869 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081393186X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813931876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813931878 (pbk. : alk. paper)