Abstract: This research examined the theme of corruption in Wole Soyinka’s The Road and Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again. In view of the two plays under investigation, it is evident that one of the problems confronting our Nigerian society is corruption, and leadership failure. Based on the two author’s points of view,…
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…
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…