Shaken Wisdom
| Author | : Gloria Nne Onyeoziri |
| Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780813931869 |
| ISBN-13 | : 081393186X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shaken Wisdom by : Gloria Nne Onyeoziri
Download or read book Shaken Wisdom written by Gloria Nne Onyeoziri and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
