Jazz et vin de palme d’emmanuel boundzeki dongala recits de l’echec de l’independance congolaise et du désenchantement populaire a travers humour et ironie

Abstract

This thesis seeks to study the use of irony and humour in a narration of disenchantment about the failure of the Congolese independence in Jazz et vin de palme, a collection of stories written by Emmanuel B. Dongala. The writer’s use of irony and humour is so striking to the reader to such an extent that he would want to know more about his motivation. The researcher read the stories, extracted the various forms of irony and humour and finally examined their relevance and effect on the narration. The research revealed that the author used the two figures of speech not only to create comic effects, to attack, to criticise and to mock the ruling class but also to criticise the success or otherwise of the revolution. The failure of the independence was exposed indirectly through the subtle use of irony and humour. Though the stories seem independent and isolated, the researcher has taken pain to careful study the links between them and has finally unravelled their point of intersection which is the failure of the Congolese independence.