LEADER 03847nam 22007092 450 001 996248228903316 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a0-511-09784-0 010 $a1-107-12645-2 010 $a1-280-16231-7 010 $a0-511-11600-4 010 $a0-511-06538-8 010 $a0-511-20540-6 010 $a0-511-30831-0 010 $a0-511-48659-6 010 $a0-511-06751-8 024 7 $a2027/heb07661 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354288 035 $a(EBL)217844 035 $a(OCoLC)437068977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954708 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10312977 035 $a(PQKB)10258392 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511486593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC217844 035 $a(dli)HEB07661 035 $a(MiU)KOHA0000000000000000002720 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354288 100 $a20090226d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWole Soyinka $epolitics, poetics, and postcolonialism /$fBiodun Jeyifo$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiii, 322 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ;$v9 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-11073-4 311 $a0-521-39486-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index. 327 $a'Representative' and unrepresentable modalities of the self: the gnostic, worldly and radical humanism of Wole Soyinka -- Tragic mythopoesis as postcolonial discourse -- critical and theoretical writings -- The "drama of existence": sources and scope -- Ritual, anti-ritual and the festival complex in Soyinka's dramatic parables -- The ambiguous freight of visionary mythopoesis: fictional and nonfictional prose works -- Poetry, versification and the fractured burdens of commitment -- "Things fall together": Wole Soyinka in his own write. 330 $aBiodun Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political purposes. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. Jeyifo also explores Soyinka's works with regard to the impact on his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses and evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa and the developing world. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics. 410 0$aCambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ;$v9. 606 $aPolitics and literature$zNigeria 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aPostcolonialism$zNigeria 607 $aNigeria$xIn literature 615 0$aPolitics and literature 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a822/.914 700 $aJeyifo$b Biodun$f1946-$01004190 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248228903316 996 $aWole Soyinka$92306418 997 $aUNISA