Irony as a Literary Stylistic Device in Amos's Choice of Metaphors: reading from the perspective of the Tigrigna Proto-Semitic Language.

This article investigates irony as a literary stylistic device in the book and analyses the effect of irony on the likely complex metaphor texts read in the perspective of the Tigrigna Proto- Semitic language (see Appendix A). In the introduction, the state of scholarship on literary and rhetorical devices and theories of irony and metaphor have been reviewed. In the two following sections, irony is distinguished as a literary stylistic device in the book; and engaging the language and culture of Eritrea, selected ironic metaphors (4:1-3; 5:1-3; 5:18-20; 7:7-8; 8:1-3) are analysed and interpreted for the possible meanings in the integrated Tigrigna language and culture (TGN) versions. In Eritrea, in Tigrigna ethnic, figures of speech--irony and metaphor are part of their culture and we have chosen to read Amos through Eritrean eyes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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