The writer as mythmaker : South Asian perspectives on Wole Soyinka / edited by Bernth Lindfors and Bala Kothandaraman.

Other author Lindfors, Bernth.
Other author Kothandaraman, Bala.
Format Book
Publication InfoTrenton, NJ : Africa World, ©2004.
Descriptionx, 335 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Yoruba heritage and a Christian home / Mary T. David -- Faction : the autobiographical writings / Frank Birbalsingh -- Yoruba tragedy : individual will and tragic destiny in The strong breed / Ketu H. Katrak -- Structure within structure : an analysis of The lion and the jewel / C.N. Ramachandran -- The cauldron of transition : The trials of Brother Jero and Jero's metamorphosis / M. Pushpa -- The road / K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar -- The road in Kannada : a theatrical review / H.H. Anniah Gowda -- The unfolding of a text : Death and the king's horseman / Jasbir Jain -- The Christ figure in Soyinka's plays / Radhamani Gopalakrishnan -- The nation and its discontents : Soyinka's dramatization of 'post'-colonial realities / Ipshita Chanda -- Modern rituals and African dictators / Mahadeva Kunderi -- The role of women in Soyinka's plays / R. Sethuraman -- 'Form'ing metaphor : The interpreters / T. Vijay Kumar -- Never too late to regain paradise : Season of anomy / M. Rajeshwar -- Men as archetypes : characterization in Soyinka's novels / Anjali Roy and Viney Kirpal -- Discourse styles and forms in "Idanre" / Pushpinder Syal -- Criticism in Africa : the hostility and contradictions continue / S.W. Perera -- Where angels fear to tread : Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka as critics of the African scene / C.D. Narasimhaiah -- Healing and the poetics of mothering : the spirit of "Gelede" in Madmen and specialists and "Ajee culture" in Jan Shinebourne's The last English plantation / Brinda Mehta -- A round table discussion in Bangladesh / Kajal Bandyopadhyay -- Last words / Bala Kothandaraman -- A checklist of South Asian scholarship on Wole Soyinka, 1970-2001 / Bernth Lindfors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.
ISBN1592212956
ISBN1592212964 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PR9387.9.S6 Z758 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold