Trauma and the Art of Dramatizing History:

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dc.contributor.authorEzenwanebe, O.C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-25T10:00:15Z
dc.date.available2017-10-25T10:00:15Z
dc.date.issued2007-09
dc.descriptionStaff Pulicationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe literature of any nation is a key to unlock its past, view its present and have an insight into its future. This is because there is an intricate relationship between art and life.Theatre, among other arts, responds more promptly to social issues and events. History is therefore a viable subject matter for drama. The playwright as a social and psychological being is alive to the issues and events, which impinge on his personality and helps to form his conception of the world. This paper evaluates the complex relations of history, psychology and drama. The aim is to critically examine how the playwright demonstrates the influences of traumatic historical experiences as seen in the way he represents them on the stage. The paper proposes that: traumatic history rarely escapes the creative impulse; traumatic experiences shapes a playwright's view of the world and; this can be seen in the dramatic works informed by such events and experiences. To further the above arguments, Wole Soyinka's Madmen and Specialists, a play on the Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970, which is also his personal response to it, is analysed to unravel the relationship between the dramaturgy and the experience. Other relevant materials like his novel The Mall Died, a record of his prison experiences as a result of his role in the war, will also be analysed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEzenwanebe,O.C. (2007) Trauma and the Art of Dramatizing History: A Study of Soyinka's Madmen and Specialists. African Performance Review, Vol.1, (2&3), P. 31 - 45.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-905068-31-9
dc.identifier.issn1253 - 5964
dc.identifier.uriwww.adonis-abbey.com
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2560
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAdonis and Abbey Publishers Limited, SE11 4XZ, London, United Kingdomen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Publication;
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subjectDramaen_US
dc.titleTrauma and the Art of Dramatizing History:en_US
dc.title.alternativeA Study of Soyinka's Madmen and Specialists.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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