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Ironie in Oscar Wildes "The importance of beeing Ernest"

Name: Ironie in Oscar Wildes "The importance of beeing Ernest"
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Author: Florian Schwarze
ISBN: 978-3-640-75323-9

Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

11 Pages, Grade: 2,3

Florian Schwarze (Author)

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1 Introduction

2 What exactly is Irony?
2.1 Explanation of the term “Irony”
2.2 Grice: Irony as conversational implicature
2.3 Leech’s “Irony Principle”

3 Irony in "The Importance of Being Earnest"
3.1 Irony in the title of the comedy
3.2 Examples in act one
3.3 Examples in act two
3.4 Examples in act three

4 Conclusion

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Title: Ironie in Oscar Wildes "The importance of beeing Ernest"
College: University of Koblenz-Landau (Anglistik)
Grade: 2,3
Author: Florian Schwarze (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 11
Catalog Number: V161784
ISBN (eBook): 9783640753024
ISBN (Book): 9783640753239
File size: 474 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Irony, Oscar Wilde, England, The importance of beeing Ernest, Ernest, Earnest, Sarcasm, Sarkasmus, Comedy, Komödie, Satire, Gay, Homosexual, Homosexuel, Schwul

Quote paper: Florian Schwarze (Author), 2010, Ironie in Oscar Wildes "The importance of beeing Ernest", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/161784

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