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The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / / Maik Nwosu
| The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / / Maik Nwosu |
| Autore | Nwosu Maik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routlege, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/17096 |
| Collana | Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature (English) - 20th century - History and criticism
African literature (French) - 20th century - History and criticism African wit and humor - History and criticism Comic, The, in literature Comedy films - Nigeria - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-317-37492-4
1-315-67302-9 1-317-37491-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas; 2 The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude; 3 Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis; 4 Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798021203321 |
Nwosu Maik
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| New York : , : Routlege, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / / Maik Nwosu
| The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / / Maik Nwosu |
| Autore | Nwosu Maik |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routlege, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/17096 |
| Collana | Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature (English) - 20th century - History and criticism
African literature (French) - 20th century - History and criticism African wit and humor - History and criticism Comic, The, in literature Comedy films - Nigeria - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-317-37492-4
1-315-67302-9 1-317-37491-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas; 2 The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude; 3 Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis; 4 Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809666403321 |
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Nwosu Maik
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| New York : , : Routlege, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature / / edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword by Toyin Falola
| The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature / / edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword by Toyin Falola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.996 |
| Collana | Transforming Literary Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature (English) - 20th century - History and criticism
African literature (English) - 21st century - History and criticism African diaspora in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
| ISBN | 1-4985-6384-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Transitional identity and cultural ambiguity in diasporic African literature / Delphine Fongang -- Migration and African diasporic constructions in Chimamanda N. Adichie's Americanah / Henry Kah Jick and Kelvin Ngong Toh -- Inescapable predicament : migration and diasporic identity in Brian Chikwava's Harare North / Delphine Fongang -- Politics of migration : dreams, illusions and reality in Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods Inc. and Noviolet Bulawayo's We need new names / Bosede Funke Afolayan -- Black Americans and American Blacks : transnational identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah / Na'Imah H. Ford -- In search of self : Teju Cole's transcultural urban novel Open city / Igor Maver -- Entrapment and dislocation : migration and the construction of "queer" subjectivity in contemporary North African literary narratives / Gibson Ncube -- Mirror and sexuality : double oppression of African female diasporic subjects in Hannah Khoury's So pretty an African / Samuel Kamara -- "The return of the native" : discourse of the homecoming "returnee" migrant in the narratives of M. G. Vassanji / Shilpa Daithota Bhat -- Arrivals, geographies, and "the usual reply" in Emily Raboteau's Searching for Zion / Nicole Stamant -- Dislocation, mimicry and the geography of home in Sefi Atta's A bit of difference / Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin -- Conclusion: emerging perspectives in African diasporic literature. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796696503321 |
| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature / / edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword by Toyin Falola
| The postcolonial subject in transit : migration, borders, and subjectivity in contemporary African diaspora literature / / edited by Delphine Fongang ; foreword by Toyin Falola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.996 |
| Collana | Transforming Literary Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature (English) - 20th century - History and criticism
African literature (English) - 21st century - History and criticism African diaspora in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
| ISBN | 1-4985-6384-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Transitional identity and cultural ambiguity in diasporic African literature / Delphine Fongang -- Migration and African diasporic constructions in Chimamanda N. Adichie's Americanah / Henry Kah Jick and Kelvin Ngong Toh -- Inescapable predicament : migration and diasporic identity in Brian Chikwava's Harare North / Delphine Fongang -- Politics of migration : dreams, illusions and reality in Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods Inc. and Noviolet Bulawayo's We need new names / Bosede Funke Afolayan -- Black Americans and American Blacks : transnational identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah / Na'Imah H. Ford -- In search of self : Teju Cole's transcultural urban novel Open city / Igor Maver -- Entrapment and dislocation : migration and the construction of "queer" subjectivity in contemporary North African literary narratives / Gibson Ncube -- Mirror and sexuality : double oppression of African female diasporic subjects in Hannah Khoury's So pretty an African / Samuel Kamara -- "The return of the native" : discourse of the homecoming "returnee" migrant in the narratives of M. G. Vassanji / Shilpa Daithota Bhat -- Arrivals, geographies, and "the usual reply" in Emily Raboteau's Searching for Zion / Nicole Stamant -- Dislocation, mimicry and the geography of home in Sefi Atta's A bit of difference / Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin -- Conclusion: emerging perspectives in African diasporic literature. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808844603321 |
| Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri
| Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri |
| Autore | Onyeoziri Gloria Nne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/960904 |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49048-9
9786613585714 0-8139-3200-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461694903321 |
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Onyeoziri Gloria Nne
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| Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri
| Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri |
| Autore | Onyeoziri Gloria Nne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/960904 |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| ISBN |
1-280-49048-9
9786613585714 0-8139-3200-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790119503321 |
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Onyeoziri Gloria Nne
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| Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri
| Shaken wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / / Gloria Nne Onyeoziri |
| Autore | Onyeoziri Gloria Nne |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/960904 |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| ISBN |
1-280-49048-9
9786613585714 0-8139-3200-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813224903321 |
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Onyeoziri Gloria Nne
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| Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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