Soyinka's Ritual Drama: Unity, Postmodernism, and the Mistake of the Intellect

Wole Soyinka's plays are examined with regard to the mechanics of integration between essence and materiality and unity and diversity in "A Dance of the Forests" and "The Road." Soyinka represents Yorba mythology in these plays not as an isolated ahistorical ideal but as a c...

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Published in:Research in African literatures 1990-12, Vol.21 (4), p.33-54
Main Author: Haney, William S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African literature
Analysis
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Consciousness
Criticism and interpretation
Drama
Essays
Hindu literature
Literary criticism
Metaphysics
Myth ritual theory
Mythology
Nigerian literature
Postmodern literature
Postmodernism
Postmodernism (Literature)
Rasa
Religious aspects
Religious rituals
Ritual drama
Ritual in literature
Rituals
Soyinka, Wole (1934- )
Theater
Transcendentals
Writers
Yoruba (African people)
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Summary:Wole Soyinka's plays are examined with regard to the mechanics of integration between essence and materiality and unity and diversity in "A Dance of the Forests" and "The Road." Soyinka represents Yorba mythology in these plays not as an isolated ahistorical ideal but as a cultural system enmeshed in the conflicted environments of modern Africa.
ISSN:0034-5210
1527-2044