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ERIC Number: EJ381836
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Bombs and Other Exciting Devices, or the Problem of Teaching Irony.
Chamberlain, Lori
College English, v51 n1 p29-40 Jan 1989
Speculates on the politics of not teaching irony in the writing classroom. Maintains that irony defines a political relationship between the user and the audience being addressed or excluded. Challenges some of the principles of "good" writing as embodied in composition textbooks, particularly principles concerning clarity and sincerity. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Irony, Literary Devices, Rhetoric, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literature Instruction