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Description

1. 147 pages; 24 cm

Series statement

1. Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62

Uniform title

1. Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62.

Subject

1. African literature (English)
2. Comedy films
3. African literature (French)
4. African wit and humor
5. African wit and humor > History and criticism
6. Black author
7. 1900-1999
8. African literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism
9. Comic, The, in literature
10. Criticism, interpretation, etc
11. Comedy films > Nigeria > History and criticism
12. African literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism
13. Nigeria

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introduction: Exploring the African Comic Imagination -- The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas -- The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude -- Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis -- Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter -- Conclusion: Renewing the Poetics of Laughter.

Call number

1. Sc E 16-387

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.

Author

1. Nwosu, Maik, author.

Title

1. The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / Maik Nwosu.

Publisher

1. New York ; London : Routlege, 2016.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62
2. Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 62.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Local subject

1. Black author.

LCCN

1. 2015039778

ISBN

1. 9781138942660 (hardcover)
2. 1138942669 (hardcover)
3. 9781315673028 (ebook)

Research call number

1. Sc E 16-387