What are the functions of three main types of irony in generating the fiction of the short stories “The Landlady” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Roald Dahl?”

Özmen, Gülce (2011) What are the functions of three main types of irony in generating the fiction of the short stories “The Landlady” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Roald Dahl?”. Other thesis, TED ANKARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL.

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Abstract

Roald Dahl is one of the well-known authors who use irony as a literary device in his works. His short stories are still popular in 21st century that he is a real master of using literary elements even in short stories which makes them different from the other short stories because they never appear to be ordinary stories in which there is always tension and suspense that starts from the first sentence and ends in the final sentence. Most of his short stories turn out to be unexpected stories with the help of strong ironies in his two well-known short stories “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “The Landlady”, Dahl enables the reader to observe the three main types of irony which are situational, dramatic and verbal irony. The reason for analyzing those three types of irony in generating the fiction of these two stories is to find an answer for the question what makes those two short stories of Dahl different from the other short stories regarding the function of irony since they both appear to be the ones where irony is the main literary device in creating the fiction. Apart from that, although Dahl’s works are very popular both among children and adults, not many studies have been done in a detailed way regarding his use of irony in the short stories. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the power of irony in creating the fiction of the short stories of Dahl.

Item Type: Thesis (Other)
Additional Information: Supervisor: Dirayet Uluğ, IB Notu: C
Uncontrolled Keywords: Roald Dahl, The Landlady, Lamb to the Slaughter
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Depositing User: Kamil Çömlekçi
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2011 06:19
Last Modified: 12 Apr 2019 10:58
URI: http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/166

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