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This study explores five major narratives of Ghanian-born novelist William Boyd from a satiric point of view. Boyd's novels and short stories take up some of the particular traits of satire, a genre which has gradually lost the impact it had in the eighteenth century. This book analyses the satiric spirit of four novels and one short story: A Good Man in Africa, An Ice-Cream War, Stars and Bars, Armadillo and «The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'». It looks at the way Boyd approaches crucial events in twentieth-century history and how he unmasks the follies that underlay most of them. It also deals with issues such as the effects of British colonialism in Africa, the superficiality of Hollywood's film industry and the shortcomings of modern urban civilisation. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the analysis of recent satire criticism.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Plný název: Satiric Worlds of William Boyd
• Podnázev: A Case Study
• Autor: Juan F. Elices
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 259
• EAN: 9783039106912
• ISBN: 9783039106912
• ID: 10027533
• Nakladatelství: Verlag Peter Lang
• Hmotnost: 344 g
• Rozměry: 150 × 209 × 16 mm
• Datum vydání: 24. November 2006

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