what does irony mean
The Rhetoric of Irony was created in 1974.
The four archetypal genres of Western literature found on the genre wheel are comedy, tragedy, romance, and irony. Each of these genres represents different narrative patterns and themes that have been prevalent in literature throughout history.
It is when the writer says one thing that means another.
Alan Wilde has written: 'Horizons of assent' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, History and criticism, Irony in literature, Literature, Modern Literature, Modernism (Literature), Postmodernism (Literature)
John Vignaux Smyth has written: 'A question of eros' -- subject(s): Irony, Irony in literature, Knowledge
Helene Moglen has written: 'The philosophical irony of Laurence Sterne' -- subject(s): Humor, Irony in literature 'Charlotte Bronte' -- subject(s): Biography, English Autobiographical fiction, English Novelists, Feminism and literature, History and criticism, Self in literature
Erich Meuthen has written: 'Sprachkraft' -- subject(s): Rhetoric, Literature, Irony in literature, Allegory, German literature, History and criticism
Irony is used, as are all literature techniques, to involve the reader and make them have a more memorable experience. Irony is also humorous, and when people are amused, they enjoy what they're reading more.
Charlee M. Sterling has written: 'Irony in the short stories of Edith Wharton' -- subject(s): History, Irony in literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Point-of-view (Literature), Short story, Technique
Filippo Secchieri has written: 'Con leggerezza apparente' -- subject(s): Ethics in literature, Irony in literature
Elizabeth Barclay Burton has written: 'Irony in the short stories of Thomas Mann and Schnitzler' -- subject(s): Irony in literature
Steven E. Alford has written: 'Irony and the logic of the romantic imagination' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, Irony in literature, Romanticism