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200 10$aShaken wisdom$b[electronic resource] $eirony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction /$fGloria Nne Onyeoziri
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aCharlottesville $cUniversity of Virginia Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (190 p.) 
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-8139-3187-8 
311   $a0-8139-3186-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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.
330   $aAlthough 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.
606   $aAfrican literature (French)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aAfrican literature (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aIrony in literature
606   $aMeaning (Philosophy) in literature
606   $aPostcolonialism in literature
615  0$aAfrican literature (French)$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aAfrican literature (English)$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aIrony in literature.
615  0$aMeaning (Philosophy) in literature.
615  0$aPostcolonialism in literature.
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