Department of English

Permanent URI for this community

https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3353

Browse

Browsing Department of English by Author "Afolayan, B.F."

Now showing 1 - 3 of 3
  • Item
    Open Access
    Drama And Social Change:
    (2012) Afolayan, B.F.
    This paper is an exploration of the concept of drama as an instrument of social re-ordering and of Osofisan 's belief in its use to assert the equal humanity of all men. In Once upon Four Robbers, Osofisan argues that armed robbery is a societal creation and as such demands a societal solution and not recourse to divine intervention. The paper investigates the unusual theme and characterisation, harsh and vitriolic use of language and tone as employed by Osofisan in this play. It concludes with the playwright's artistic mediation. of this social experience and his proffered solution to the social menace constiiuted by armed robbery. Change is at the centre of this discourse. The play becomes a veritable weapon in Osofisan's hand to call for change in society. Whether he succeeds or not in this bid is what is examined in this paper.
  • Item
    Open Access
    Literature, Society And Terrorism:
    (2006-10-12) Afolayan, B.F.
    This paper is an attempt to investigate the causes of 'terrorist' activities in the plays of Ngugi and Osofisan. It seeks to interrogate such issues as political, social and economic malaise in society especially the issues of poverty, hunger and land expropriation which necessitate arrned resistance from the people against the government.
  • Item
    Open Access
    Poetics of Anger in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and Femi Osofisan's The Chattering and the Song.
    (BritishJournal Publishing. Inc. 2012., 2012) Afolayan, B.F.
    Anger is a basic human emotion which has a force for constructive or destructive ends. Its expression in any circumstance can be a trigger for a desire to change a prevailing situation. In all cases, anger is a fundamental component of art. In Osborne and Osofisan, extreme anger as both material and style is what marks them out. Its reification by the intellect provides a potent instrument' for investigating society. This study examines the use of anger in Osborne's Look Back in Anger and Osofisan's The Chattering and the Song. Osborne and Osofisan are two writers who are very anxious to change their societies. The paper is a comparative study of a British and a Nigerian playwright who wrote at different times yet share similar concerns. The study is primarily concerned with the early plays of Osborne and Osofisan where anger is strongest and where their artistic triumph is most poignant. The paper reveals that anger is the point of departure for their art and concludes that it is both material and motivating force for their writings. The anger expressed in these works are not mere hysterics but cerebral.