Auto-ironie, ironie en clin d’oeil et ironie du sort dans le roman de Margareta Miller-Verghy, Une âme s’ouvre à la vie. Blandine
Self-irony, irony in the blink of an eye and irony of fate in Margareta Miller-Verghy's novel, A Soul Opens to Life. Blandine

Author(s): Mihaela Bacali
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Romanian Literature
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: ironic communication; self-diegetic narrative; narrative perspective; discursive strategy; subjectivity; feminine irony;
Summary/Abstract: What is irony? Can we give it a set definition, if its faces are so diverse and multiple? What can be stated is that literary irony involves a discursive strategy and narrative techniques such as focusing and free indirect discourse, which allow a change of perspective in the narrative. Our approach is to explore the modalities and elements necessary to talk about irony in the novel A Soul Opens to Life. Blandine. The different types of irony that we have identified are: self-irony, winked irony and irony of fate; they intertwine in many fragments and form the clues to textual polyphony. A rhetorical strategy is used to promote ironic communication and the narrative system is adapted to this kind of discourse. Thus the irony of fate appears as an attempt of self-evaluation, but also marks the reader's active position in the process of critical reflection.

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