ABSTRACT: This study examined The Use of Satire in Soyinka’s the Lion and the Jewel and Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. The study reviewed that Satire is a literary device use by writers in portraying the ills and amusing ways in the society like political corruption, political disillusionment socio-political conflict and disillusionment in…
Satire And Social Control In Wole Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest And Ola Rotimi’s Our Hushand Has Gone Mad Again CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION From the days of the Greek philosopher, Socrates, writers have been in the vanguard of social change, challenging the mores of oppressive society. The artist’s mode of assessing the socio-political system in the society…
Abstract: This research examined Satire And Social Control In Wole Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest And Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. It focuses on the social and political ills prevalent in the African societies with the view of correcting them thus, making the contemporary society a better place to live. Using two texts from…
THE USE OF SATIRE FOR CHANGE IN WOLE SOYINKA’S THE LION AND THE JEWEL AND OLA ROTIMI’S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN Abstract This research work entitled “The Use Of Satire For Change In Wole Soyinka’s The Lion And The Jewel And Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again” aimed at exploring…
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Satire in African literature has been in existence for a long period of time. It is also a fashionable tool used by playwrights, critics and various individuals in reforming societies which are engulfed in socio-political conflict, social, religious and moral decadence as well as attacking unwholesome attitudes…
Socio-political problems in Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and Tess Onuweme’s The Reign of Wazobia CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Ola Rotimi and Tess Onuweme are Nigerian male and female writers that use literature as a gate way to portray the society on the issues of socio-political, economic, religion…