Shaken wisdom : irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction /
In her focus on irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction, Gloria Nne Onyeoziri refers to an internal subversion of the discourse of the wise and the powerful, a practice that has played multiple roles in the circulation of knowledge, authority, and opinion within African communities.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full text (MCPHS users only) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | in00000234304 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cnu---unuuu | ||
| 008 | 120417s2011 vau ob 001 0 eng d | ||
| 005 | 20240719030512.1 | ||
| 010 | |z 2011022867 | ||
| 019 | |a 794491685 |a 810039475 |a 961506271 |a 962655423 |a 1058170993 |a 1162370757 |a 1241839312 |a 1290097700 |a 1300597958 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780813932002 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 0813932009 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1280490489 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781280490484 | ||
| 020 | |a 9786613585714 | ||
| 020 | |a 6613585718 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780813931869 | ||
| 020 | |z 081393186X | ||
| 020 | |z 9780813931876 | ||
| 020 | |z 0813931878 | ||
| 029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000051450105 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000062429516 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBBG |b BV043146658 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBBG |b BV044119105 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a DEBSZ |b 421431903 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a GBVCP |b 1003695949 | |
| 029 | 1 | |a NZ1 |b 15195987 | |
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)785943037 |z (OCoLC)794491685 |z (OCoLC)810039475 |z (OCoLC)961506271 |z (OCoLC)962655423 |z (OCoLC)1058170993 |z (OCoLC)1162370757 |z (OCoLC)1241839312 |z (OCoLC)1290097700 |z (OCoLC)1300597958 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)ocn785943037 | ||
| 037 | |a 22573/ctt6t9vk7 |b JSTOR | ||
| 040 | |a N$T |b eng |e pn |c N$T |d YDXCP |d E7B |d OCLCQ |d DKDLA |d P@U |d OCLCQ |d OCLCF |d JSTOR |d COO |d OCLCQ |d EBLCP |d OCLCQ |d OCL |d LOA |d AZK |d AGLDB |d MOR |d PIFAG |d ZCU |d MERUC |d OCLCQ |d IOG |d OCLCO |d U3W |d EZ9 |d STF |d WRM |d OCLCQ |d VTS |d NRAMU |d ICG |d INT |d VT2 |d AU@ |d WYU |d OCLCQ |d LVT |d TKN |d OCLCQ |d DKC |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d ESU |d VLY |d AJS |d OCLCQ |d SFB |d OCLCO |d LUU |d INARC |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCL | ||
| 043 | |a f------ | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a PQ3989.2.K58 |b Z79 2011eb | |
| 072 | 7 | |a LIT |x 004120 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a LIT004010 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 820.9/960904 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Shaken wisdom : |b irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction / |c Gloria Nne Onyeoziri. |
| 260 | |a Charlottesville : |b University of Virginia Press, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (178 pages) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a In her focus on irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction, Gloria Nne Onyeoziri refers to an internal subversion of the discourse of the wise and the powerful, a practice that has played multiple roles in the circulation of knowledge, authority, and opinion within African communities. | |
| 546 | |a English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 590 | |a ProQuest Ebook Central |b Ebook Central University Press Subscription | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Kourouma, Ahmadou |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Achebe, Chinua |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Beyala, Calixthe |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 1 | |a Beyala, Calixthe |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 1 | |a Achebe, Chinua |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 600 | 1 | 1 | |a Kourouma, Ahmadou |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 650 | 0 | |a African literature (French) |y 20th century |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African literature (English) |y 20th century |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Irony in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Postcolonialism in literature. | |
| 758 | |i has work: |a Shaken wisdom (Text) |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGqYbjG7vbjrpH6FVJ9DpX |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork | ||
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne. |t Shaken wisdom. |d Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |z 9780813931869 |w (DLC) 2011022867 |w (OCoLC)729863262 |
| 852 | |b E-Collections |h ProQuest | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3444017 |z Full text (MCPHS users only) |t 0 |
| 938 | |a Internet Archive |b INAR |n shakenwisdomiron0000onye | ||
| 938 | |a EBL - Ebook Library |b EBLB |n EBL3444017 | ||
| 938 | |a ebrary |b EBRY |n ebr10554882 | ||
| 938 | |a EBSCOhost |b EBSC |n 445680 | ||
| 938 | |a Project MUSE |b MUSE |n muse4036 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 6948403 | ||
| 947 | |a FLO |x pq-ebc-base | ||
| 999 | f | f | |s bb1307e5-ecba-4574-a2b9-f014bb1f1f11 |i 4a350985-e942-4af2-b178-61371fc99d9f |t 0 |
| 952 | f | f | |a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |b Online |c Online |d E-Collections |t 0 |e ProQuest |h Other scheme |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |t 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcphs/detail.action?docID=3444017 |y Full text (MCPHS users only) |
