Research on Wole SoyinkaJames Gibbs, Bernth Lindfors A broad introduction to the works of the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian writer and the varieties of criticism they have elicited. There are many different critical methodologies represented, ranging from those concerned with verbal texture (linguistic, structural, and textual approaches) to those focusing on cultural context (historical, mythological, and comparative studies). Most of the articles were originally published in Research in African Literatures. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
The Stylistic Function of Pidgin English in African | 13 |
Wole Soyinka and the Horses of Speech | 25 |
An Analysis | 37 |
The Masks Hatched | 51 |
Metaphor as Basis of Form in Soyinkas Drama | 81 |
Four Alternative Endings to Wole Soyinkas A Dance | 93 |
Compassion | 107 |
Soyinkas | 115 |
The Voice and Viewpoint of the Poet in Wole Soyinkas | 163 |
Myth Metaphor and Syntax in Soyinkas Poetry | 173 |
Toward | 191 |
Ogun as Touchstone in Wole | 211 |
Soyinka as a Literary Critic | 265 |
The Communalistic African and the Individualistic | 301 |
Paragraph from Toward the Decolonization of African | 327 |
Chinweizu Onwuchekwa Jemie Ihechukwu | 335 |
SelfSacrifice and Human Sacrifice in Soyinkas Death | 127 |
Begging Questions in Wole Soyinkas Opera Wonyosi | 149 |
Reactions to the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature | 341 |
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