Vision of change in African drama : femi osofisan's dialectical reading of history and politics / by Sola Adeyemi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adeyemi, Sola, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2019.

Summary:

Fémi Òsófisan is a major dramatist from Nigeria who experiments with forms and theatrical traditions. This book focuses on his development as a dramatist and his contribution to world drama as a postcolonial African writer whose major preoccupation has been to question the colonial and postcolonial issues of identity in theatre, literature and performance. The volume explores how Òsófisan exploits his Yorùbá heritage in his drama and the performances of his plays by reading new meanings into popular mythology, and by re-writing history to comment on contemporary social and political issues. Òsófisan has often introduced new motifs and narratives to energise dramatic performances in Nigeria and globally, and this text discusses developments in his theatre practices in the context of changing cultural trends.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-3796-X

OCLC:

1183030637