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Satire In Contemporary African Drama
[A CASE STUDY OF HARVEST OF CORRUPTION BY FRANK OGODO OGBECHE AND DEATH AND THE KINGS HORSEMAN BY WOLE SOYINKA]
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1.2 Statement of the problem
Satire as a literary device is a
specific aspect of literature and it is one of many devices that express
the idea through language. This is a style adopted by many writers and
the different styles adopted by a writer allow him to tell his story and
the difference between writers working is what they are known for.
Satire has not been misused as a corrective tool or means for societal
ills. However, satire seeks to create a shock of recognition and to make
vice repulsive or disgusting so that vice is redacted from the person
or society attacked in order to restore morality. The overwhelming
socio-political problems facing the African continent can rarely be
ignored by African writers. Ogunba (2009: 21) thus expresses this
concern: When the writer in his own society can no longer function as a
consciousness, he must recognize that his choice is between totally
refusing or retiring to the position of postmortem chronicler and
surgeon. The artist has always worked in African society as the record
of manners and experiences of his society and as the voice of vision in
his own time. The above explains the fact that dramatists are part of
their societies and therefore have a Better explanation of what is going
on around them as they function as the conscience of society. They are
committed to restoring order in their communities, which have been
engulfed in a myriad of socio-political and economic disorder. This
patriotic ideal, burning with playwrights,
According to Awodiya,
(2010: 33) is to use the weapon we have; our pen, our zeal and our
eloquence to awaken in us the song of liberation with our writings. We
wash the stigma of inferiority, awaken our dormant energies, unmask the
pests and traitors among us, and preach positive sermons. Since the days
of the Greek philosopher Socrates, writers have been at the forefront
of social change, defying the mores of oppressive society. The mode of
the artist to evaluate the socio-political system in a society is
satire; a form of writing that mocks the bad or senseless behavior of
people, institutions and society in general.
1.3 Aims and Objectives.
This
study aims at studying Frank OgodoOgbeche the “Harvest of Corruptionâ€
and Wole Soyinka Beyond the “Death and the Kings Horseman†how they uses
satire to bring to the knowledge of individuals that the correction or
reconstruction of the society begins with oneself and this became of
paramount importance because this is another way of sensitizing the
people about social ills.
Specifically, the study sought to
analyzethe harvest of corruption regarding satire in contemporary African drama
determine the roles of all characters in harvest of corruption
examine the death and the king’s horseman on the basis of satire in contemporary African drama
assess satire as a dramatic tool for societal reformation
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