Irony, a mental complication. From The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Cover Image

L’ironie, une complication mentale. À partir de L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être de Milan Kundera
Irony, a mental complication. From The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Author(s): Vasile Popovici
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: Irony; Kundera; Literature; word; reality; ambiguity;
Summary/Abstract: What is the irony, this sudden burst of a double consciousness within the speech? In all its forms, irony is a playful mismatch: between the word and the real, between the word of earlier and its incongruous sequel, between the apparent and the hidden… And every time irony is a matter of the mind.