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The Interpreters: Ritual, Violence and Social Regeneration in the Writing of Wole Soyinka

By: Publisher: Ibadan, Oyo State: Kraft Books Limited, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 187 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789789181957
  • 9789181957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822 23
LOC classification:
  • PR 9387 .9.S6 Z53 2014
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Dramas -- The Ritual Imperative in African Drama -- Ritual as Form and Matter in the Drama of Communal Regeneration -- Ritual as Framework in the Drama of the Returning Cycle -- Ritual as Form in the Drama of Liberation -- Technical and Aesthetic Constants of Ritual Drama -- Pt. 2. The Novels -- The "Anjonu" Metaphor: Towards A Functional Man-Cosmos Organization -- Aesthetics: A Dialectical Paradigm -- Social and Ideological Commitments: The Dividing Lines in the Novels of Wole Soyinka -- Conclusion: Ritual, Violence, and Social Transformations: A Lion or A Jewel?
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Books Books Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa General Stacks PR 9387.9 .S6 Z53 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan (Restricted Access) 14889

Includes bibliographical referenes (pages 176-183) and index.

Pt. 1. The Dramas -- The Ritual Imperative in African Drama -- Ritual as Form and Matter in the Drama of Communal Regeneration -- Ritual as Framework in the Drama of the Returning Cycle -- Ritual as Form in the Drama of Liberation -- Technical and Aesthetic Constants of Ritual Drama -- Pt. 2. The Novels -- The "Anjonu" Metaphor: Towards A Functional Man-Cosmos Organization -- Aesthetics: A Dialectical Paradigm -- Social and Ideological Commitments: The Dividing Lines in the Novels of Wole Soyinka -- Conclusion: Ritual, Violence, and Social Transformations: A Lion or A Jewel?

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