Typologies of Humor in African Literatures by Opoku-Agyemang, Adwoa A.

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in...
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Author: Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang
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Language: English
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Typologies of Humor in African Literatures by Opoku-Agyemang, Adwoa A.

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures

CHF 21.54

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures

CHF 21.54
Author: Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despite humor being omnipresent in African societies and their literatures, discussions of contemporary African literature have largely dismissed it as being too lighthearted compared to the more serious issues of post-colonial history, class inequality, and politics. Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang, while acknowledging the seriousness of the subject matter, establishes humor as an essential component of African fiction.

The book analyzes four comedic archetypes: the Trickster, who is unapologetically amoral and entertaining; the Mimic, whose everyday dealings exude ambiguity; the Interpreter, who demonstrates the comic potential of language differences while showing how a single message can mean contrasting things; and the Deviant, who throws norms into question all the while reinforcing them. These character types and the humor they produce present a constant pursuit of balance between contrasting worldviews and frames of reference within the imbrication of different languages, classes, political factions, genders, and (un)officialdoms. The product of these rowdy relations are people who take the weirdness and run with it to generate diegetic and intradiegetic laughs. By analyzing Francophone and Anglophone African writing and how it overlays local languages, Opoku-Agyemang contributes a uniquely African voice to the primarily Western-dominated field of humor studies.


Author: Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 10/17/2024
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780472057030

About the Author
Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang teaches at Ashesi University.

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